Or maybe here's a better question... How do other OSS projects handle this situation? Maybe we can find some examples for our precedent.
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:26:43 -0600, Matt Kaatman roundcube-dev@matt.kaatman.com wrote:
I believe this may be a non-issue.
What is the language called? If it's Macedonian regardless of the name of the country then we are ready to go. We don't necessarily care about the country unless there are multiple variations of the language such as US English vs GB English.
I do agree with your view that we should use whatever international standards are in place. People are more than welcome to make any changes locally if they don't agree with the international standards.
Matt
Vassilis Stathopoulos wrote:
Hello Michael,
This is perfectly understood and a valid reason for you. I believe that, with the current licence of RoundCube, everyone is free to either fork or have their files hosted elsewhere for external download (ie not distributed within) for others to use and enjoy.
There is no need for your files to be included in the distributed version since it's specific only to the people living in a small part of the Balkans which is currently called Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia (FYROM) worldwide and uses the constitutional name of "Macedonia" internally. Following your idea, everyone would wish their modifications, stylesheets / PHP files / patches, to be part of the main RC distribution; this is just not possible, though.
If you wish for them to be included, I believe they should be in line with the international organizations' decisions, whatever these may be today or in the future, regardless if me or you or someone else likes and agrees to. I do not object for these files to be included - I would just want them to be included with the proper official naming.
Again, I do not wish to enter in a political discussion. I think this is an open issue and there are decisions we should all respect, now and in the future.
I must thank the dev-list members for their patience. I have nothing else to point out on the subject.
Kind regards, Vassilis
Michael Bueker wrote:
Vassilis Stathopoulos wrote:
I would request everyone to respect the international organizations. This kind request is pointed especially to those whom their constitutional name is different to the U.N. name (although they have every right to name themselves as they wish inside their own country).
I suppose the proposed language setting will mostly be used my people living in Macedonia, so the name should be what those people most recognize and appreciate.
~Mik