Re: Invariant sections? GFPL

From: danilo gnome org (Danilo Åegan)
To: Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>
Cc: gnome-i18n gnome org
Subject: Re: Invariant sections? GFPL
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:43:12 +0200

Today at 13:58, Clytie Siddall wrote:

> Thanks, Danilo. I'm always uncomfortable about translating any legal
> statements, because I'm not a professional translator with liability
> insurance. If someone sues and uses my translation as evidence, I'm
> in real trouble. What is Gnome's position on non-professional (and
> thus not protected by insurance) translators translating legal
> statements?

GFDL (and any other GNU licenses) itself is valid only in original
English language[1].  Translated versions are there only for
convenience, so just do not worry about it. 

Cheers,
Danilo

[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/translations.html

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References:
- Invariant sections? GFPL
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- Re: Invariant sections? GFPL
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