[josm-dev] Wanted: Plugin Translation With Launchpad HowTo

[Holger Mappt]

Hi,

JOSM core and all plugins from the JOSM plugins SVN repository are 
translated with Launchpad.  There is documentation how to to work with 
the complete set of strings (some 8000+).  But how do I get the 
translation for the 10 strings of a single plugin?  Is there a 
description how to get a small subset of the translations?  Would it 
make sense to create a new Launchpad project for the plugin as it would 
share the translations with JOSM?

If I understand it correctly, the license of the translations will be 
Launchpad's BSD license or JOSM's license, GPL v2+.  JOSM's license 
because it is the registered Launchpad project and according to the 
Launchpad Terms of Use: "Translations of groups of strings from the same 
project ... are made available ... to you under the licence applicable 
to the project" [1].  That means the plugin would need to be release 
under one of the two licenses as it includes the translations in the JAR 
file.  Or does the plugin itself count as "project"?

Thanks,
Holger

[1] https://help.launchpad.net/TermsofUse#Translations_copyright