Relicensing pt_BR translation file

Adrian Buehlmann adrian at cadifra.com
Fri Oct 9 02:47:31 CDT 2009


On 09.10.2009 02:31, Wagner Bruna wrote:
> 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)?
> 
> If so, I'll send a patch to add the licensing terms to the beginning
> of that file.
> 

(Sorry for asking possibly stupid questions but I would like to
understand licensing if I contribute to a project)

I admit I have only contributed to the code side of TortoiseHg
(no translations), but my current understanding is that TortoiseHg is
licensed under GPL version 2.

I don't understand why BSD should be needed for TortoiseHg then?

Actually, BSD is incompatible with the license of TortoiseHg.




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