Re: [Bug-gnupedia]GFDL

[Tom Chance]

The thing is that we can't let people have free reign
on translations etc. as you would let people hack
around with your source code in a normal GNU/open
source project.

The solution here as I see it is to allow people to
add any corrections/comments to an article if they
wish, in any language, and these are moderated in the
same way as the original article (to prevent a
discussion board type thread). If you want to offer a
translation of an article, you have to show it to the
original author first (and if he/she doesn't
understand it
, he/she can ask somebody else to translate it back
etc etc etc messy hmm) and once the original author
says ok, he/she posts it as a translation by you. We
have to do this, and admittedly contradict the GFDL
slightly, simply to protect the integrity and focus of
the articles.

Tom Chance

--- Imran Ghory <address@hidden> wrote: > I
note the paragraph in the announcement,
> 
> "To ensure accuracy of translation, the author of
> the original should reserve the 
> right to insist on corrections in a translation. A
> translator should perhaps have 
> to give the original author a reasonable amount of
> time to do this, perhaps three 
> months, before publishing the translation in the
> first place. After that, the 
> translator should continue to make corrections at
> the author's request, 
> whenever the author asks for them. "
> 
> Appears to contradict the GFDL.
> 
> Imran
> 
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