Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of Arabic Translation - savannah.gnu.org

[Sylvain Beucler]

On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 08:10:00PM +0200, Hossam Hossny wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It's been a weak now since I last heard from you about the status of the
> project.

Indeed, and I am waiting for a reply from you; you can see below that
I asked you whether you ask some code for us to review against legal
issues.

Please read that part and reply to me :)

-- 
Sylvain

> Attached below is an email I received from gnu.org concerning making the
> arabic translation project in savannah.
> 
> Please let me know.
> 
> Regards,
> Hossam
> 
> >Subject: [gnu.org #216225] Arabic translation 
> >
> >
> >Hossam and Jalal,
> >both you are willing to make a translation of gnu.org into 
> >arabic. Please, could you join your efforts and work as a 
> >team? If you create an account under savannah.gnu.org, then 
> >you can ask for a new project to coordinate your work.
> >
> >Best regards and welcome aboard!
> >/alexm
> >
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Sylvain Beucler [mailto:address@hidden 
> >Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:48 PM
> >To: address@hidden
> >Cc: address@hidden
> >Subject: Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of Arabic 
> >Translation - savannah.gnu.org
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
> >
> >> Hossam Hossny <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> >> License: gpl
> >> Other License:
> >> Package: Arabic Translation
> >> System name: arabic
> >> Type: GNU
> >> 
> >> Description:
> >> This project is dedicated to translate information of GNU projects, 
> >> including GNU website into Arabic, the mother tongue of more 
> >than 300 
> >> million people in the middle east. Letting Arabic readers know more 
> >> about GNU project and its philosophy...
> >
> >Please reply and include an (perhaps temporary) URL pointing 
> >to the source code or translated materials.  The description 
> >you gave when registering will not be read by the general 
> >public.  If you are still concerned with privacy, however, you 
> >can forward the code to me by email (address@hidden).
> >
> >We wish to review your source code, even if it is not 
> >functional, to catch potential legal issues early.
> >
> >For example, to release your program properly under the GPL 
> >you must include a copyright notice and permission-to-copy 
> >statements at the beginning of every file of source code.  
> >This is explained in 
> >http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html.  Our review would 
> >help catch potential omissions such as these.
> >
> >
> >If you are willing to make the changes mentioned above, please 
> >provide us with an URL to an updated tarball of your project.  
> >Upon review, we will reconsider your project for inclusion in Savannah.
> >
> >Regards,