> SoE (Naail),

> Welcome back, will take some time to check it out. Once done will report
> back to you.

> Kudos to you, nice job.

> SalamUbuntu localization project
> Yusuf Abdulla Shunan

> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Naail A. Rahman <kuda...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > oops..forgot to attach the translation file.
> > here it is

> > On 06/22/2010 12:49 AM, SoE wrote:
> > > hey guys. I've been working on Dhivehi translation for this
> > > program...actually this was done some time ago as a sort of pet
> > > project. I was wondering if somebody could check it out..make
> > > suggestions for corrections/improvements.

> > > i tried to stick to the translation guidelines on it (for
> > > consistency's sake)

> > > link to prog :http://zekr.org

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> Hey everyone.

> I've been wondering about the Zekr project. I started work on it a long
> time ago and I wanna get it back up and running again.

> Basically what I wanna do is achieve something like this.

> I'm wondering if I should push this as a MOSS project or pursue it
> independently? I'm unsure of how to proceed with it right now.

> I face two problems at the moment

> 1) the translation files found on presidencymaldives website is in PDF.
> While it is copyable it's not really suitable for mining the data
> because it doesn't appear to be completely unicode. All the Arabic text
> appear jumbled.

> so that leaves two options :- either type the thing out manually, or try
> to contact somebody with the ministry and get the original text.

> in the former case I've already set up documents on googledocs so a
> number of people can contribute towards it. in the latter case, I don't
> know who I'm supposed to contact.

> 2) Is the translation under any kind of copyright? if we do make the
> translation-pack for the software, can we freely distribute it?

> I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

> Thanks.

> Naail,

> Excellent work with Zekr. I think it's a tough project and getting
> this to go smoothly won't be without hassle. You don't need to push
> this any where as a project. Now that you have shared it with the
> community, I'm sure interested people will be more than willing to get
> formalities done here on your behalf. You can just continue doing so
> by yourself, ask for help here, and share translation guidelines with
> people who're interested and wants to contribute.

> Let's see people reply to this. We need to check if there's a freely
> available translation that can be used for the purpose of localizing
> Zekr. In this case, it's a FOSS application and not something that
> we're going to sell, which means if the translation is copyrighted, we
> can maintain the attribution and go ahead using it with a permission.

> If that's the case, I can't see where there would be a problem with
> distributing a bundled package of the translation or putting it
> upstream Zekr.

> Cheers.

> --
> Inash Zubair

> If my information is correct, the translation is public as it is done
> and corrected, as and when needed, by the Authorities (have no idea to
> pin point heads). Anyways, what is copyrighted is the electronically
> typed and printed version, I think Novelty holds the rights, and so
> the government is paying Novelty for every copy of printed Quran that
> is given away! Not sure... Correct me if I am wrong...

> So it would be fine if we decided to type the whole thing and give the
> rights to the community. Which is where it actually should have
> belonged in the first place...

> From the looks of it I don't think we can get the digital version, so
> I am all in and would be happily typing, if it is the only way...

> Let's do it and make this translation a property of the public
> domain...

> Salam
> Yusuf Abdulla Shunan

> On Jun 27, 5:17 pm, Inash Zubair <inash.zub...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Naail,

> > Excellent work with Zekr. I think it's a tough project and getting
> > this to go smoothly won't be without hassle. You don't need to push
> > this any where as a project. Now that you have shared it with the
> > community, I'm sure interested people will be more than willing to get
> > formalities done here on your behalf. You can just continue doing so
> > by yourself, ask for help here, and share translation guidelines with
> > people who're interested and wants to contribute.

> > Let's see people reply to this. We need to check if there's a freely
> > available translation that can be used for the purpose of localizing
> > Zekr. In this case, it's a FOSS application and not something that
> > we're going to sell, which means if the translation is copyrighted, we
> > can maintain the attribution and go ahead using it with a permission.

> > If that's the case, I can't see where there would be a problem with
> > distributing a bundled package of the translation or putting it
> > upstream Zekr.

> > Cheers.

> > --
> > Inash Zubair

> Hey guys.

> Sorry about the lack of updates lately. There has been some good
> progress of late. I'd love to see more contributors of course but the
> project is chugging along happily. I was hoping we'd get more
> contributions during the upcoming month of Ramazan. If you know any
> people who're willing to help type it out, do get them involved. The
> more the merrier as they say.

> meanwhile I've pushed the localization pack upstream, made some fine
> adjustments to it.

> btw... I'm back in Male' now... hoping to show up at the next meet.

> On Jun 29, 2:56 pm, Yusuf <shu...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> If my information is correct, the translation is public as it is done
>> and corrected, as and when needed, by the Authorities (have no idea to
>> pin point heads). Anyways, what is copyrighted is the electronically
>> typed and printed version, I think Novelty holds the rights, and so
>> the government is paying Novelty for every copy of printed Quran that
>> is given away! Not sure... Correct me if I am wrong...

>> So it would be fine if we decided to type the whole thing and give the
>> rights to the community. Which is where it actually should have
>> belonged in the first place...

>> From the looks of it I don't think we can get the digital version, so
>> I am all in and would be happily typing, if it is the only way...

>> Let's do it and make this translation a property of the public
>> domain...

>> Salam
>> Yusuf Abdulla Shunan

>> On Jun 27, 5:17 pm, Inash Zubair <inash.zub...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Naail,

>>> Excellent work with Zekr. I think it's a tough project and getting
>>> this to go smoothly won't be without hassle. You don't need to push
>>> this any where as a project. Now that you have shared it with the
>>> community, I'm sure interested people will be more than willing to get
>>> formalities done here on your behalf. You can just continue doing so
>>> by yourself, ask for help here, and share translation guidelines with
>>> people who're interested and wants to contribute.

>>> Let's see people reply to this. We need to check if there's a freely
>>> available translation that can be used for the purpose of localizing
>>> Zekr. In this case, it's a FOSS application and not something that
>>> we're going to sell, which means if the translation is copyrighted, we
>>> can maintain the attribution and go ahead using it with a permission.

>>> If that's the case, I can't see where there would be a problem with
>>> distributing a bundled package of the translation or putting it
>>> upstream Zekr.

>>> Cheers.

>>> --
>>> Inash Zubair