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In <jonal.122.727891145@dhhalden.no> jonal@dhhalden.no (JON ARVID LOVSTAD) writes:

>What about if some of us who can I/O both German and English volunteered to 
>translate a chapter each...?? 

I think this is a good idea, and I'd certainly volunteer for such
a  project (I'm native German, and my English... well, look at my
postings, it sort of works... :-). However, it seems to  me  that
we  have  another  example  here how copyright can prevent a good
plan from being done. Copyright  "protection"  of  printed  books
normally  states  that  the book may not be translated to another
language without explicit consent of the publisher.
This means, if we can find a group that is willing  to  translate
the  Profibuch,  we'd  have  to  get into contact with Sybex. I'd
expect that then, the Sybex folks would doubt the professionalism
of  such  a bunch of people as translors. They may finally agree,
but under the obligation that the translated version may  not  be
made available to anyone but them. Then, they'll take the English
version, and if they think it is properly done, there might be  a
chance they actually print it.
Because of all these hassles that would  inevitably  accompany  a
Profibuch  translation  project,  I  restrict  my statement about
volunteering the following way:  I  would  do  it,  but  only  if
someone  else negotiated with Sybex in advance and made sure that
they are going to publish it.
Maybe Julian Reschke can comment on whether there is a chance  to
get things going under such reasonable conditions.

Greetinx, Jan

P.S.: Is there anyone from the pro-copyright fraction  who  wants
to  argue  that volunteers translating the Profibuch would do any
harm to Sybex...?

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