Ubuntu under investigation by Turkish attorney general

[john levin]

t u wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Here is the news item from Wikinews:
> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Kurdish_operating_system_under_investigation_by_Turkish_attorney_general
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> I was going to send this to ubuntu-devel, but I somehow overcame the
> desire to do so...
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> PS. I am Turkish, and I am truly ashamed by this...

The original report, on which this is based (in Turkish):
http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/391178.asp
Milliyet's report (again, in Turkish):
http://www.milliyet.com/2006/11/21/guncel/agun.html

A report in English from Kurdishinfo:
http://www.kurdishinfo.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5060
which is credited to the New Anatolian newspaper, but I can't find it on 
their site:
www.thenewanatolian.com

All rather sparse. Hopefully, more details will emerge, and the Turkish 
and Kurdish communities can translate them.

This isse has been raised on the ubu-dev list, and Mark Shuttleworth has 
stated:
"This is a very serious issue. As a community, we would like to be of
every assistance to you. I've asked Jono to look into it in more detail
and to figure out how best we can engage."
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-November/022839.html

I'm wondering if there's a gpl problem to this: does the third freedom - 
the right improve the program, and release your improvements to the 
public, so that the whole community benefits - cover translations as 
improvement?

HTH

John