[Fedora-legal-list] Credit loss in Fedora translation files

[Dimitris Glezos]

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Runa Bhattacharjee
<runab at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Credit loss in Fedora translation files
> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 09:55:22 -0400
> From: Tom Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com>
> To: Runa Bhattacharjee <runab at fedoraproject.org>
> CC: legal at lists.fedoraproject.org
>
> On 05/10/2011 01:12 AM, Runa Bhattacharjee wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Translation files submitted via http://fedora.transifex.net removes all
> > information related to the copyright of the content as well as the names of the
> > previous translators. As far as I can understand, the translated content for the
> > Fedora packages and documentation are governed by the rights as indicated for
> > the main package and/or documentation. I'd like to know:
> >
> > @ if there could be any implications of legal nature at this point due to the
> > loss of credits, and
>
> >From a strictly legal standpoint, the answer is no, because the
> copyright notice is not required, nor does the absence of the notice
> mean that the work is suddenly no longer under copyright (if copyright
> applies to the work at all).
>
> With that said, it is however very useful and important for these
> credits to be retained, and I have personally reached out to Dimitris
> Glezos at Indifex about this, and several other outstanding issues of
> concern. Indifex is putting priority on resolving these problems
> (including this one and the Google Auto Translate concern), and I am
> awaiting a quote so that we can look to enter into a financial
> relationship with Indifex to resolve these issues in a timely manner.

Strictly speaking, as far as I understand, the list in question is not
a list of copyright holders, but simply a list of translators. =)

The copyright is usually stated in the POT file and copied to PO
files, and Tx does this.

Hope this helps!

-d


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