Re: Translating the Emacs manuals (a summary)

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

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  > ## Translated documents licence

  > The translated documents are distributed under the same licence as the
  > original documents: the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
  > any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

  > See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html for more information.
  > ---

  > Is that sufficient?

In the abstract, yes.  But it is good to refer to practical guidance
for what this means.  I don't know whether we have any yet, but
we should.

  > ---
  > ## Fixing the original document

  > During the course of the translation, you might find parts of the
  > original document that need to be updated or otherwise fixed, or even
  > bugs in Emacs. If you do not intend to provide fixes right away,
  > please file a bug report promptly so someone can fix it soon.

  > See the 'Bugs' section in the Emacs manual.
  > ---

  > Is that what you had in mind?

Yes.

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