Re: [Flightgear-devel] Translations

[TDO B. <tdo...@ho...>]

You probably refer to this specific point in the FAQ: https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/LicensingFAQ#I_have_no_problem_with_BSD_myself.2C_but_I_also_uploaded_translations_from_upstream.__What_do_I_do.3F
However, this means that the original author of the XML file will have to explicitly allow distribution of the specific file via BSD, rendering the file effectively dual licensed, for the purpose of allowing launchpad to derive BSD work from it. On the other hand the actual copyrightability of the file structure is dubious, since it is essentially purely functional. But we'll have to wait for the entire Oracle vs Google debacle to play out before affirming that the structure of an XML file (as opposed to its content) can't be covered by a copyright.

> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 10:46:09 -0500
> From: sai...@gm...
> To: fli...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Translations
> 
> As per https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/LicensingFAQ upstream
> translations will still be under the project license.
> 
> On 4/4/13, Saikrishna Arcot <sai...@gm...> wrote:
> > So the XML files cannot be converted to PO/POT?
> >
> > What if the headings (the XML tags in this case) were taken from the
> > file and used in the translation files? But then it would probably
> > still be under the GPL license.
> >
> > On 4/4/13, TDO Brandano <tdo...@ho...> wrote:
> >> Actually, the BSD licence is less restrictive than the GPL and can be
> >> included in GPL projects. Essentially BSD does allow to relicence under
> >> GPL
> >> and doesn't pose additional restrictions that would not be compatible
> >> with
> >> the GPL. What is not possible, and what might be a problem here, is
> >> deriving
> >> work from the original FlightGear GPL content and releasing the
> >> derivative
> >> under a BSD licence. The problem here are the PO/POT files obtained from
> >> the
> >> FlightGear XML.
> >>
> >>> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 06:17:30 -0700
> >>> From: ge...@de...
> >>> To: fli...@li...
> >>> Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Translations
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 4 Apr 2013, Saikrishna Arcot wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >>> > Hash: SHA1
> >>> >
> >>> > Hi all,
> >>> >
> >>> > I saw that Flightgear is only translated into eight languages, and am
> >>> > planning to upload the translation files to Launchpad to allow
> >>> > translators to translate them into other languages. I will have to
> >>> > manually convert the XML files into PO/POT files for Launchpad to use
> >>> > and will convert them back into XML. The translations will be released
> >>> > under a BSD license, so (from what I understand) it's at least
> >>> > partially
> >>> > compatible with GPL. Do I have permission to upload the translations
> >>> > to
> >>> > Launchpad to allow other translators to work on them? Also, can only
> >>> > languages that use the Latin script (not Chinese, Russian, etc.) be
> >>> > used
> >>> > in Flightgear?
> >>> >
> >>> It's my understanding that for something to be included in the main
> >>> FlightGear distribution, it must be licensed under the GPL.
> >>>
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