{"thread":{"id":"27131","subject":"'gittutorial(7)' translation","startedAt":"2011-04-19T14:09:36Z","lastAt":"2011-04-28T11:47:56Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["MR","Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"166084","messageId":"4DAD97A0.2050207@gmail.com","threadId":"27131","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"'gittutorial(7)' translation","fromName":"MR","fromEmail":"by.marcis@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-04-19T14:09:36Z","receivedAt":"2011-04-19T14:09:36Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"by.marcis@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hi!\n\nI'm willing to translate publication located at \nhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gittutorial.html to the \nBelorussian language (my mother tongue). What I'm asking for is your \nwritten permission, so you don't mind after I'll post the translation to \nmy blog. The translation is intended only for web, no print copies planned.\nVisitors of your website, who come from Minsk (Belorussia) will be the \nones, who will read this blogpost, that's the only way to spread them, \nno additional instruments we can use. Every translation we ever do does \nnot costs a penny for the webpage, which is translated. All we ask is to \nlink back in whatever way you feel confident about it.\n\nThank you for the article.\nYou can leave a voice message and I will call you back, if you prefer a \ncall instead of emails.\n\nSincerely,\nBohdan Zograf\n+(360) 488-0303\n"},{"id":"166095","messageId":"BANLkTin+5v2_ZkumNr0XtRoP1p4yAMTgQg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"27131","inReplyTo":"4DAD97A0.2050207@gmail.com","subject":"Re: 'gittutorial(7)' translation","fromName":"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason","fromEmail":"avarab@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-04-19T18:19:21Z","receivedAt":"2011-04-19T18:19:21Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"avarab@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45301?v=4"},"body":"On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 16:09, MR wrote:\n> I'm willing to translate publication located at\n> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gittutorial.html to the\n> Belorussian language (my mother tongue). What I'm asking for is your written\n> permission, so you don't mind after I'll post the translation to my blog.\n> The translation is intended only for web, no print copies planned.\n> Visitors of your website, who come from Minsk (Belorussia) will be the ones,\n> who will read this blogpost, that's the only way to spread them, no\n> additional instruments we can use. Every translation we ever do does not\n> costs a penny for the webpage, which is translated. All we ask is to link\n> back in whatever way you feel confident about it.\n\nGit, including its documentation, is a freely licensed project under\nthe GNU General Public License version 2. You do not need written\npermission to translate gittutorial, and it would be great if you did\nso.\n\nSee e.g. this for more:\n\n http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#WhyDoesTheGPLPermitUsersToPublishTheirModifiedVersions\n"},{"id":"166624","messageId":"BANLkTi=2je_B-G4exQQCcRyfukpJEDPL1Q@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"27131","inReplyTo":"4DB92F61.3090202@gmail.com","subject":"Re: 'gittutorial(7)' translation","fromName":"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason","fromEmail":"avarab@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-04-28T09:59:15Z","receivedAt":"2011-04-28T09:59:15Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"avarab@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45301?v=4"},"body":"On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:12, Bohdan Zograf wrote:\n> 19.04.2011 21:19, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason пишет:\n>>\n>> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 16:09, MR  wrote:\n>>>\n>>> I'm willing to translate publication located at\n>>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gittutorial.html to the\n>>> Belorussian language (my mother tongue). What I'm asking for is your\n>>> written\n>>> permission, so you don't mind after I'll post the translation to my blog.\n>>> The translation is intended only for web, no print copies planned.\n>>> Visitors of your website, who come from Minsk (Belorussia) will be the\n>>> ones,\n>>> who will read this blogpost, that's the only way to spread them, no\n>>> additional instruments we can use. Every translation we ever do does not\n>>> costs a penny for the webpage, which is translated. All we ask is to link\n>>> back in whatever way you feel confident about it.\n>>\n>> Git, including its documentation, is a freely licensed project under\n>> the GNU General Public License version 2. You do not need written\n>> permission to translate gittutorial, and it would be great if you did\n>> so.\n>>\n>> See e.g. this for more:\n>>\n>>\n>> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#WhyDoesTheGPLPermitUsersToPublishTheirModifiedVersions\n>\n> Hi,\n>\n> Was a pleasure to translate this publication! It's kinda fresh and related\n> to my professional interests, so I thought - why not, if the author allows\n> to do so.\n>\n> Posted my Belorussian translation on\n> http://webhostingrating.com/libs/gittutorial. If you don't mind can you\n> publish a tiny link with a text\n>\n> Belorussian\n> translation or whatever you feel is right.\n\n(CC-ing the Git mailing list)\n\nIt's great that you've translated it, I'm not sure where this should\nbe linked from in Git's documentation, if at all.\n\nI'm currently working no getting i18n support for Git's core commands\nup and running, after that I wanted to try getting support for\nhttp://po4a.alioth.debian.org/ going.\n\nThat we way could translate any of our documentation and ship it as\npart of Git itself, so you could have a Russian gittutorial manpage\ninstalled along with Git.\n"},{"id":"166635","messageId":"BANLkTimDqYVM6qcJfedvj3LeQsJ58piM=g@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"27131","inReplyTo":"20110428104737.GB9063@jakstys.lt","subject":"Re: 'gittutorial(7)' translation","fromName":"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason","fromEmail":"avarab@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-04-28T11:47:56Z","receivedAt":"2011-04-28T11:47:56Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"avarab@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45301?v=4"},"body":"On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:47, Motiejus Jakštys wrote:\n> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:59:15AM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:\n>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:12, Bohdan Zograf wrote:\n>> > 19.04.2011 21:19, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason пишет:\n>> >>\n>> >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 16:09, MR  wrote:\n>> > Posted my Belorussian translation on\n>> > http://webhostingrating.com/libs/gittutorial. If you don't mind can you\n>> > publish a tiny link with a text\n>> >\n>> > Belorussian\n>> > translation or whatever you feel is right.\n>>\n>> That we way could translate any of our documentation and ship it as\n>> part of Git itself, so you could have a Russian gittutorial manpage\n>> installed along with Git.\n>\n> Dear Ævar,\n>\n> Russian != Belorussian, and it might insult some Belorussians (from my\n> personal experience) by calling their language \"Russian\". Belorussian is\n> quite rare and people are trying to save it as hard as they can from\n> Russian influence. It is a tough problem..\n>\n> They even have statue in Minsk for the only letter that exists in\n> Belorussian, but does not exist in Russian: ў.\n>\n> I just wanted you to know that. Simple \"apologies\" might be a very nice\n> thing.\n\nSorry about that. I just glanced at the E-Mail and the translation\nitself looked similar to Russian to my untrained eyes.\n\nI stand corrected.\n"}]}