Relicensing pt_BR translation file

[Peter Arrenbrecht]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Martin Geisler <mg at lazybytes.net> wrote:
> Adrian Buehlmann <adrian at cadifra.com> writes:
>
>> But that does not answer my question. Why does Wagner say BSD is
>> needed for TortoiseHg translation? I don't get that part...
>
> They use Launchpad to manage the TortoiseHg translations. Wagner linked
> to the Launchpad FAQ:
>
>  https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/LicensingFAQ
>
> It seems to me that Canonical want all projects to somehow create a
> hybrid license where translations are BSD licensed so that everybody can
> share translations with everybody else. While this might be a nice goal,
> such a license does not make sense.

I have asked Matthew Revell (the last editor of that page) in private
for Ubuntu/Canonical's take on this question. I also asked for a good
place to discuss it in public (I don't think this list is entirely
appropriate). Shall inform if I get any response.
-parren