Re: Non-English software

2001-05-31 Thread Stefan Alfredsson
I also do not think that packages should be descriminated because they are in another language than english. Being a swede myself, I'm of course interested in packages available in swedish. However, I currently dont see myself learning japanese or another language than those I already know, and

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-31 Thread Casper Gielen
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 08:37:12PM +0200, Stefan Alfredsson wrote: What I would like is to have some sort of flag or meta information to indicate what language/es a package contain, so I can write a script to easily weed out packages I know I will never use (and maybe include packages in a

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-31 Thread Stefan Alfredsson
I also do not think that packages should be descriminated because they are in another language than english. Being a swede myself, I'm of course interested in packages available in swedish. However, I currently dont see myself learning japanese or another language than those I already know, and

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-31 Thread Casper Gielen
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 08:37:12PM +0200, Stefan Alfredsson wrote: What I would like is to have some sort of flag or meta information to indicate what language/es a package contain, so I can write a script to easily weed out packages I know I will never use (and maybe include packages in a

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-21 Thread Radovan Garabik
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 08:04:42PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: On Sun, 20 May 2001, Radovan Garabik wrote: ... Please go ahead. If someone non-Swedish finds the software in Debian packages and feels it is very useful, he/she may start a project to translate it into English or

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-20 Thread Radovan Garabik
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 09:34:03AM +0900, Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote: Hi, At Sat, 19 May 2001 12:17:09 +0200 (CEST), peter karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the thought about software which is only available in a non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, 20 May 2001, Radovan Garabik wrote: ... Please go ahead. If someone non-Swedish finds the software in Debian packages and feels it is very useful, he/she may start a project to translate it into English or other languages. It is exciting! However, the software will have to

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-20 Thread Christian Surchi
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 08:04:42PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: Since English is the lingua franca of debian-legal, I think the main reason for wanting licenses in English is so that we can protect ourselves from legal troubles. Can you assure programmers for all over the world that an

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-20 Thread Radovan Garabik
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 09:34:03AM +0900, Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote: Hi, At Sat, 19 May 2001 12:17:09 +0200 (CEST), peter karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the thought about software which is only available in a non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, 20 May 2001, Radovan Garabik wrote: ... Please go ahead. If someone non-Swedish finds the software in Debian packages and feels it is very useful, he/she may start a project to translate it into English or other languages. It is exciting! However, the software will have to

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-20 Thread Sam Couter
Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since English is the lingua franca of debian-legal, I think the main reason for wanting licenses in English is so that we can protect ourselves from legal troubles. How? Are there even any lawyers subscribed to debian-legal? Which languages do they

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-20 Thread Christian Surchi
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 08:04:42PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: Since English is the lingua franca of debian-legal, I think the main reason for wanting licenses in English is so that we can protect ourselves from legal troubles. Can you assure programmers for all over the world that an english

Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! What's the thought about software which is only available in a non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support for gettext, but no-one has bother translating the program into any other languages

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread Radovan Garabik
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 12:17:09PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: Hi! What's the thought about software which is only available in a non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support for gettext, but

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread Tomohiro KUBOTA
Hi, At Sat, 19 May 2001 12:17:09 +0200 (CEST), peter karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the thought about software which is only available in a non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support

Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! What's the thought about software which is only available in a non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support for gettext, but no-one has bother translating the program into any other languages yet).

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread Radovan Garabik
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 12:17:09PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: Hi! What's the thought about software which is only available in a non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support for gettext, but

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Peter, On Sat, 19 May 2001, peter karlsson wrote: What's the thought about software which is only available in a non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support for gettext, but no-one has bother

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread Tomohiro KUBOTA
Hi, At Sat, 19 May 2001 12:17:09 +0200 (CEST), peter karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the thought about software which is only available in a non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support