Vorbis - Nov 2003 - Vorbis license in non-English languages?

Hi;

I emailed monty@xiph.org about this before I noticed the mailing list
existed; I suppose it can't ask to hurt here too.

We're about to release a product which has support for multiple languages;
as a result, the license text and documentation has been translated into
each of these languages. As the product includes Ogg Vorbis playback using
libvorbis, we've obviously got to include the appropriate license text
with the product. Has the Vorbis license been translated into any other
languages - specifically, French, German, Spanish and Italian? It's not a
major problem if it hasn't, but our test department can be a bit picky
about these things :)

Cheers;
Chris

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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Chris Whitworth wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I emailed monty@xiph.org about this before I noticed the mailing list
> existed; I suppose it can't ask to hurt here too.
>
> We're about to release a product which has support for multiple
languages;
> as a result, the license text and documentation has been translated into
> each of these languages. As the product includes Ogg Vorbis playback using
> libvorbis, we've obviously got to include the appropriate license text
> with the product. Has the Vorbis license been translated into any other
> languages - specifically, French, German, Spanish and Italian? It's not
a
> major problem if it hasn't, but our test department can be a bit picky
> about these things :)
>
> Cheers;
> Chris
I seriously doubt it; legally binding license translation is both expensive
and error-prone.

That need not stop you from putting nonauthoritative
license translations in the product, though.

...though something else might. IANAL.
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On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 11:05, Chris Whitworth wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> I emailed monty@xiph.org about this before I noticed the mailing list
> existed; I suppose it can't ask to hurt here too.
> 
> We're about to release a product which has support for multiple
languages;
> as a result, the license text and documentation has been translated into
> each of these languages. As the product includes Ogg Vorbis playback using
> libvorbis, we've obviously got to include the appropriate license text
> with the product. Has the Vorbis license been translated into any other
> languages - specifically, French, German, Spanish and Italian? It's not
a
> major problem if it hasn't, but our test department can be a bit picky
> about these things :)
> 
> Cheers;
> Chris
Here's my stab at a non-authoritative, not legally binding, German
translation. (The warranty disclaimer is somewhat abridged because the
original used many big words that can only be translated by someone who
is versed in international law, which I am not.)

Enjoy!

-Carsten Haese

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