[debian-devel:00875] Re: Can I redistribute Japanese version of Debian FAQ?

[hattas@xxxxxxxxxx]

八田です。

公開するするといいながら、まだアナウンスしてません。
すでに、私のホームページからは辿れるようにはしてあって、
あとは許可待ちなんです。

FAQ 原著者からの返信、第二弾です。

From: "Susan G. Kleinmann" <sgk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Can I redistribute Japanese version of Debian FAQ? 
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 20:06:37 +0900

> > > > Can I redistribute the Japanese version of Debian FAQ?
> > 
> > Thanks for your kindness. I should have sent the previous mail to SPI.
> 
> Here are some new developments:
> 
> 1.  I've written to Bruce about this, but have not received a response.
>     He may have missed my message, but it doesn't matter (see #3).
> 
> 2.  There are now other people asking the same question, so we had to
>     get the answer sometime anyway.  
> 
> 3.  I discovered there is some statement about copying into other languages
>     in the current (1.4) FAQ, but we've found a mistake in that statement.
>     That will be fixed in the next few days.  The intent of the statement
>     is clearly to grant permission to copy and distribute translations of the
>     document to another language:
>     "Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this 
>     document into another language, under the above conditions for modified 
>     versions, except that this permission notice may be included in 
>     translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in 
>     the original English."
>     I think we meant to say "SPI" rather than "Free Software Foundation".

ということです。

なお、FAQ の新バージョンは現在作業中で、8 つ(以上)に分割されるようです。
そのうち一つは国際化(i18n)に焦点を当てたものになるそうです。
最新の FAQ はできあがり次第、メールで送っていただけることになりました。

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