Re: Question about translating and editing gpl document.
First and foremost, none of this is legal advice; if you want legal
advice contact and retain your own attorney.
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, john skofot wrote:
> The translator makes no mentioning of the fact that the document
> isn't merely translated, but also heavily edited, and nothing like
> the original anymore.
So long as the translator has:
a) [,,.] cause[d] the modified files to carry prominent notices
stating that [they] changed the files and the date of any change
They're not in violation of the GPL.
See §2 of the GPL.[1]
Don Armstrong
1: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
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