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On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:37:07 +0000 Neil Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 16:30 +0000, Grant Sewell wrote: > > I remember that Mandrake used to do this but I've not really > > installed Mandrake (or Mandriva) since about v10.2 and I can't > > remember if they do anymore or not. > > A translation of the GPL has no legal weight - the FSF say so > themselves. The GPL is in English and the only enforceable meaning of > the GPL is what is written in the English version. My bad... just been back over it and it seems it was a Mandrake license *not* the GPL they had translated into many languages. Still the points about legal terms being different in other languages, and difficult to translate, would stand though. Thanks Neil. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html