About translating system-config-users...

[Runa Bhattacharjee]

Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Makoto Mizukami (mmk9060 at aol.com) said: 
>> I have found out that there are sentences of GPL license in system-config-users.
>> Is it better to translate it?  Or can I leave it untranslated?
>> Please tell me.
> 
> IANAL, but I believe that translated copies of licenses have no standing unless
> they are done by lawyers. So I'd leave it alone.
> 

The strings are not legal  text per se, but contains information about the license under which the 
software has been distributed and how one can get a copy of the license if it is not available with 
the software. I normally translate the text, but leave the postal address in English.

hth

regards
Runa

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