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On 11 Feb 2016 10:46, keld@keldix.com wrote: > On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 11:27:48PM -0500, Carlos O'Donell wrote: > > On 02/10/2016 03:12 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > then it would be obvious what version of CLDR was used to update the > > > locale. the downside is that the file isn't 100% sourced from CLDR, > > > so it seems like clobbering all the fields is wrong ? > > > > Per FSF statement [1] the locale files are not copyrightable so IMO > > attribution matters only so much as we care to thank the previous > > authors for their work. Such previous authors already have attribution > > in the Changelog, and IMO need not have any more attribution in the > > source file, just like we don't use "Contributed by" anymore. > > > > In summary I suggest: > > > > - Remove the old data. > > > > - Use "Based on Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR)" > > > > When we get to 100% data coming from CLDR then we'll delete "Based on" > > (which implies we have local modifications). > > > > https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-02/msg00433.html > > I dispute the FSF reasoning about copyright. There is a lot of intellectiual > work in making locales. that the work is hard and takes time is kind of irrelevant. you can't copyright facts, nor should you be able to. i doubt anyone thinks the timezone database does not require "a lot of intellectiual work", yet we agree (or at least the courts do) that it is public domain. if i wanted to know the translations for the weekdays in language X and looked/copied the values out of glibc's localedata, that is not something you can copyright. claiming copyright on "Mittwoch" or on "æææ" is ridiculous. -mike
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