From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>, rms@gnu.org
Cc: jean.christophe.helary@traductaire-libre.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Copyright assignment for manual translations?
Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 18:33:09 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86le3wwpu2.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmmgzZQc2vTTee7SbgPT6yK4+PTfLo35HY4g2QcRJA2-nA@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Sun, 26 May 2024 05:19:35 -0400)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 05:19:35 -0400
> Cc: rms@gnu.org
>
> Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@traductaire-libre.org>
> writes:
>
> > I just want to confirm that Emacs manuals translations require a
> > copyright assignment to the FSF for publication within Emacs, but not
> > for publication in other places (as long as publication follows the
> > licence).
> >
> > Am I correct?
>
> I believe this is correct, yes. Translations are allowed according to
> the GFDL, so they don't need any copyright assignment to the FSF.
I'm not sure. If this is so, why does the copyright assignment
database includes assignments for TRANSLATIONS? That's why I didn't
respond myself: I don't think we know all the details involved here.
I prefer RMS to answer this question (it basically is off-topic here,
and should have been sent to the relevant people to begin with).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-26 15:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-25 0:54 Copyright assignment for manual translations? Jean-Christophe Helary
2024-05-26 9:19 ` Stefan Kangas
2024-05-26 15:33 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-05-27 2:16 ` Richard Stallman
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