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diff --git a/doc/gettext_4.html b/doc/gettext_4.html index fff3536..bc39311 100644 --- a/doc/gettext_4.html +++ b/doc/gettext_4.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <HTML> <HEAD> <!-- This HTML file has been created by texi2html 1.52a - from gettext.texi on 30 November 2001 --> + from gettext.texi on 31 January 2002 --> <TITLE>GNU gettext utilities - 4 Making the PO Template File</TITLE> </HEAD> @@ -270,10 +270,26 @@ of variance for generated <CODE>.gmo</CODE> files. With <CODE>--omit-header</CO two invocations of <CODE>xgettext</CODE> on the same files with the same options at different times are guaranteed to produce the same results. +<DT><SAMP>`--copyright-holder=<VAR>string</VAR>´</SAMP> +<DD> +Set the copyright holder in the output. <VAR>string</VAR> 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</VAR> 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</VAR> is the Free Software Foundation, Inc., +simply because <CODE>xgettext</CODE> was first used in the GNU project. + <DT><SAMP>`--foreign-user´</SAMP> <DD> -Omit FSF copyright in output. This can be useful for translators -outside the GNU project. +Omit FSF copyright in output. This option is equivalent to +<SAMP>`--copyright-holder="´</SAMP>. It can be useful for packages outside the GNU +project that want their translations to be in the public domain. <DT><SAMP>`-m [<VAR>string</VAR>]´</SAMP> <DD> |