Re: Spanish translation of the GPL (version 2)

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From: Michael I Bushnell
Date: Mon, 11 May 1992 21:07

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In article <1992May11.134415.21977@sunb10.cs.uiuc.edu> e-sink@uiuc.edu (Eric W. Sink) writes:

   In any case, I'm not a native speaker, but the translation appears
   to be very well done.  Are such translations considered legal
   substitutes for the GPL ?

*Only* if approved by the Free Software Foundation.  We need to have
our lawyers look at it.  If f is a function mapping Spanish to
English, g is a function mapping laymans meaning to lawyers meaning,
and h is a function mapping English law to law in Spanish speaking
countries, the following diagram does not necessarily commute:

English GPL	--- f ---->    Spanish GPL
    |				   |
    |				   |
    g				   g
    |				   |
    |				   |
    v				   v
Legal meaning			Legal meaning of
of English GPL  --- h ---->     Spanish GPL


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From: mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell)
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