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| author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2002-01-04 11:19:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2009-06-22 00:32:09 +0200 |
| commit | b671562c1434e848208b99e6cbad7e6d2c5721b9 (patch) | |
| tree | dbb65b657861fd6a5a9bdbe655524fcd7eee9f95 | |
| parent | 801bd52f4cc086ef568fff4a0ae408d2387bae90 (diff) | |
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Update --copyright-holder explanation, according to RMS' understanding.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/xgettext.texi | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | po/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | po/Makevars | 11 |
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 89ecdcb..ac55307 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2002-01-04 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + * xgettext.texi: Update --copyright-holder explanation. + 2002-01-03 Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org> * matrix.texi: Update. diff --git a/doc/xgettext.texi b/doc/xgettext.texi index 3d3c749..49b2448 100644 --- a/doc/xgettext.texi +++ b/doc/xgettext.texi @@ -178,16 +178,18 @@ two invocations of @code{xgettext} on the same files with the same options at different times are guaranteed to produce the same results. @item --copyright-holder=@var{string} -Set the copyright holder in the output. Translators are expected to transfer +Set the copyright holder in the output. @var{string} should be the +copyright holder of the surrounding package. (Note that the msgstr +strings, extracted from the package's sources, belong to the copyright +holder of the package.) Translators are expected to transfer or disclaim the copyright for their translations, so that package maintainers can distribute them without legal risk. If @var{string} is empty, the output files are marked as being in the public domain; in this case, the translators are expected to disclaim their copyright, again so that package maintainers can distribute them without legal risk. -The default value for @var{string} is the Free Software Foundation, Inc. -This is recommended also for packages outside the GNU project, because the -FSF is a well trusted organization. +The default value for @var{string} is the Free Software Foundation, Inc., +simply because @code{xgettext} was first used in the GNU project. @item --foreign-user Omit FSF copyright in output. This option is equivalent to diff --git a/po/ChangeLog b/po/ChangeLog index 40077b9..a28e95f 100644 --- a/po/ChangeLog +++ b/po/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2002-01-04 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + * Makevars: Update COPYRIGHT_HOLDER explanation. + 2002-01-03 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> * sl.po: Update from diff --git a/po/Makevars b/po/Makevars index 456f3f0..3b74e7f 100644 --- a/po/Makevars +++ b/po/Makevars @@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ top_builddir = .. XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ # This is the copyright holder that gets inserted into the header of the -# $(DOMAIN).pot file. Translators are expected to transfer the copyright -# for their translations to this person or entity. The empty string stands -# for the public domain; in this case the translators are expected to -# disclaim their copyright. +# $(DOMAIN).pot file. Set this to the copyright holder of the surrounding +# package. (Note that the msgstr strings, extracted from the package's +# sources, belong to the copyright holder of the package.) Translators are +# expected to transfer the copyright for their translations to this person +# or entity, or to disclaim their copyright. The empty string stands for +# the public domain; in this case the translators are expected to disclaim +# their copyright. COPYRIGHT_HOLDER = Free Software Foundation, Inc. |