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Bug#555168: Unclear license situation for (e)glibc locales provided by you



Hello Tomislav,
On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 03:34:10PM -0400, Tomislav Vujec wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Helge Kreutzmann" <debian@helgefjell.de>
> > 
> > Hello,
> > you are listed as contact person/author of the following locale:
> > bs_BA
> > 
> [snip]
> > Would you be willing to relicense this locale to a proper license,
> > e.g. (L)GPL v2 or higher or another free software license of your
> > choice?
> 
> Helge,
> 
> I suspect that the only reason that this file references me as a
> contact is since it was based off Croatian locale that I put
> together two decades ago.  I no longer maintain Croatian locale, but

Correct, it clearly states that:
TODO/bs_BA:% Source: adapted from Croatian locale
TODO/bs_BA:source "adapted from Croatian locale"

However, the croation one has the same clause.

> since this one is based off my work that was LGPLd, I believe the
> same license should apply to it, granting rights for use,
> distribution and modification according to LGPL.

> I hope this helps. Please let me know if there's anything else I'd need to do.

Definitly. Just for clarity:
So may I note that »LGPGL 2.1 and later« applies to both bs_BA and
hr_HR?

Thanks!

               Helge

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