[Fedora-legal-list] Non-translatable export regulations?

[Nigel Jones]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 09:24:20AM -0400, Tom spot Callaway wrote:
>> On 03/14/2010 05:49 PM, Paul Frields wrote:
>> > There is a section of export regulations shown at the bottom of the
>> > fedoraproject.org/get-fedora page. Currently it's not set up to be
>> > translatable. Is this on purpose? Can I let the translators know they
>> > shouldn't worry about translating this content?
>>
>> Yes, this is intentional. That is legal text, and cannot be translated
>> like the rest of the website (the translation might not end up
>> appropriate or binding).
>
> As I suspected -- thanks for confirming this Spot!
Not picking on the .de team (I saw this originally w/ another
translations) but, I'd assume that this also applies to the copyright
message at the bottom of the page, i.e.:

http://fedoraproject.org/de/get-fedora

"
© 2009 Red Hat, Inc. und andere. Bei Kommentaren oder Anfragen wenden
Sie sich bitte an uns.
Das Fedora-Projekt wird durch die Community verwaltet und von Red Hat
unterstützt. Diese Seite wird von der Community gepflegt, Red Hat ist
für den Inhalt nicht verantwortlich.
    * Sponsoren
    * Rechtliche Informationen
    * Richtlinien zum Markenzeichen
"

Compared to:

"
© 2010 Red Hat, Inc. and others. For comments or queries, please contact us.
The Fedora Project is maintained and driven by the community and
sponsored by Red Hat. This is a community maintained site. Red Hat is
not responsible for content.
    * Sponsors
    * Legal
    * Trademark Guidelines
"

I'm assuming the main bit is the copyright year, and the text "and
others" that are the most important, but just thought I'd mention it.