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Many locales files do not permit modification
- From: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien at aurel32 dot net>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:03:55 +0100
- Subject: Many locales files do not permit modification
Hi,
Many locales file (in localedata/locales/) are using a license that
explicitly allows use and distribution, but not modification:
% Distribution and use is free, also
% for commercial purposes.
This is therefore not considered as Free Software according to the FSF
[1]. Given the GNU libc is a GNU project, the authors of these locales
should have signed a copyright assignment, thus the FSF should have the
right to re-license them into a free license.
Is it something possible to do?
Regards,
Aurelien
[1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
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