Relicensing pt_BR translation file

[TK Soh]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Martin Geisler <mg at lazybytes.net> wrote:
> Wagner Bruna <wagner.bruna+mercurial at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We (Diego Oliveira and me) relicensed our pt_BR translation work as
>> 3-clause BSD, for the benefit of the TortoiseHg translation¹. Would it
>> be possible (and desirable) for the Mercurial project to distribute
>> its i18n/pt_BR.po file (or, more precisely, its Brazilian Portuguese
>> strings) as 3-clause BSD (therefore including future contributions)?
>
> I agree with Matt -- Canonical's idea that you can license the
> translations differently than the rest of the project is strange.
>
> However, the FAQ you linked also has a section about uploading upstream
> translations which fall under another license. So can you not somehow
> mark the translation in Launchpad as GPL and then still use Launchpad?

Stupid question: why must you use Launchpad?