"I have no problem with BSD myself, but I also uploaded translations from upstream. What do I do?

As long as the uploads were marked as translations that were published elsewhere, they fall under a separate copyright regime: those imports will retain their original copyright license. The BSD licence only applies to translations that are (as far as the system knows) original to Launchpad."

Regards,

Ferenc Gergely Szilagyi

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Michael Stefaniuc <mstefani@redhat.com> wrote:

Francois Gouget wrote:
> Launchpad has a PO file translation website. This makes it easier for
> non-developpers to contribute and review translations.
>
> https://translations.launchpad.net/
>
> So what would it take to get Wine's PO files on Launchpad?

Permission to relicense the existing translations with a BSD license...
https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/StartingToTranslate#Licensing_your_translations
The license itself is sane but it will require quite some work and time
to accomplish the relicensing.

The other probably more important thing is copyright assignment;
launchpad is infamous for that. Would potential translators need to sign
one of those? I didn't see that on a quick look but if it is required
that is a blocker IMHO.

> * Launchpad tracks who translated what string and if we choose the
> 'Closed' permissions model only approved translators can update the
> translations. So that means we should be able to get patches with
> full attribution.
> https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/YourProject/PermissionPolicies
>
> * Launchpad would need to pull updated PO files from Wine regularly.
> Ideally that would be automatic and happen daily (both to account
> for translations happening outside Launchpad and to take changes in
> the resource files into account quickly).
> https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/YourProject/ImportingTranslations
>
> * Conversely Launchpad should submit patches back to Wine. Ideally that
> would be automated as much as possible but I'm fuzzy on the details
> here (especially on how to preserve attribution). As for the
> periodicity, maybe the best would be weekly or just before Alexandre
> makes a release.
> https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/YourProject/Exports
> https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/YourProject/PartialPOExport

bye
michael