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Mori Sugimoto schrieb:
Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
Mori Sugimoto schrieb:
Hi, Sorry this may be an FAQ, but I couldn't find any answers to this: I'm wondering if we are allowed to claim copyright to translations (and .po files) of any strings in Drupal and its core / contrib modules. I noticed many .po files come with a copyright notice at the top of the files, but since Drupal is licensed under GPL, my understanding is that .po files are derivatives and thus they cannot be copyrighted.
Even GPLed code is copyrighted. :)
Yes, as it is declared in the COPYRIGHT.txt: "All Drupal code is Copyright 2001 - 2008 by the original authors." This means unless the translator is also the copyright holder (i.e. the person who wrote the code), they cannot claim copyright for the translation. Am I correct?
No, I don't think you are. Regardless of the GPL a translation (if it is more than just technical) certainly can be copyrighted. If a PO-file translation of short strings like in Drupal is copyrightable at all can be debated. The threshold of origiinality might not be crossed.
Cheers, Gerhard