Re: [Libreoffice] [ooo-build-commit] .: dictionaries/hr_HR dictionaries/prj

2010/10/6 Andras Timar <timar74@gmail.com>:
> forgot to cc the list...
> 2010/10/6 Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 01:55:07PM -0700, Andras Timar wrote:
> > [...]
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/dictionaries/hr_HR/README_hyph_hr_HR.txt
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> > > +Hyphenation dictionary
> > > +----------------------
> > > +
> > > +Language: Croatian (hr HR).
> > > +Origin:   Based on the TeX hyphenation tables
> > > +License:  LGPL/SISSL license, 2003
> > > +Author:   delacko@linux.hr (Denis Lackovic)
> > > +
> > > +HYPH hr HR hyph_hr
> > > +
> > > +These patterns were manualy converted from TeX hyphenation patterns.
> > [...]
> >
> > Aha. So this license violates the LPPL. (the TeX patterns are under LPPL,
> > right?). The LPPL claerly says that you *can* relicense but you *must
> > either ship the original file with it or tell the people which file you
> > based on *exactly*.
> >
> > Plase, people, check licenses and whether stuff is actually distributable
> > (license-violating stuff IS NOT) before you do something, especially for cases
> > like this which have been gone thorugh for various hyphenation patterns in the past
> > and there are issues for many.
> >
> > I am going to revert that commit later (or at least remove the hyphenation part).
> >
> > Grüße/Regards,
> >
> > René
>
> Hi René,
>
> Thanks for raising the issue. I hope Robert (on cc) will provide us
> with updated info on this and we will not have to remove the
> hyphenation patterns. AFAIK we can tell the exact version of the
> patterns used, it must be this one:
> http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation/hrhyph.tex
>
> Regards,
> Andras

Original license was not LPPL, therefore no violation occured. In fact
the file was distributed with the following permission:
"Do with this file whatever needs to be done in future for the sake of
"a better world" as long as you respect the copyright of original
file."
I included the complete original license text into README_hyph_hr_HR.txt.

I also re-generated the patterns following
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/SL/Using_TeX_hyphenation_patterns_in_OpenOffice.org.
It is a very good piece of documentation and I'm not sure that all
dictionary maintaners have read it.

Regards,
Andras