Unofficial Translations
Information about unofficial translations
The reason the FSF does not approve these translations as officially valid is that checking them would be difficult and expensive (needing the help of bilingual lawyers in other countries). Even worse, if an error did slip through, the results could be disastrous for the whole free software community. As long as the translations are unofficial, they can't do any harm, and we hope they help more people understand our licenses.
We give permission to publish translations of the GNU GPL, LGPL, AGPL, and FDL into other languages, provided that you (1) label your translations as unofficial (see below for how to do this), to inform people that they do not count legally as substitutes for the authentic version, and (2) you agree to install changes at our request, if we learn from other friends of GNU that changes are necessary to make the translation clearer.
To label your translations as unofficial, please add the following text at the beginning, both in English and in the language of the translation. Replace language with the name of that language, and “GNU General Public License” and “GPL” with the name and abbreviation of the license you're translating, if it's not the GPL:
This is an unofficial translation of the GNU General Public License into language. It was not published by the Free Software Foundation, and does not legally state the distribution terms for software that uses the GNU GPL—only the original English text of the GNU GPL does that. However, we hope that this translation will help language speakers understand the GNU GPL better.
The GNU General Public License, version 3
If you make a translation (of any license), please inform the GNU Translation Managers <web-translators@gnu.org>. They will check to make sure that your translation follows the above guidelines and make a link to it from this page.
[es-ar]Argentinian Spanish translation of the GPL[en-gb]British English translation of the GPL[zh-cn]Chinese (Simplified) translation of the GPL[nl]Dutch translation of the GPL (PDF)[fi]Finnish translation of the GPL[fr]French translation of the GPL[gl]Galician translation of the GPL (plain text, PDF)[de]German translation of the GPL[he]Hebrew translation of the GPL[hu]Hungarian translation of the GPL[it]Italian translation of the GPL[fa]Persian (Farsi) translation of the GPL[sr]Serbian translation of the GPL[es]Spanish translation of the GPL[uk]Ukrainian translation of the GPL
Translations Underway
The following translation efforts are underway, please contact the person/team if you are willing to help.
[pt-br]Brazilian Portuguese (1), (2 — effort lead by FSFLA)[ca]Catalan[zh-tw]Chinese (Traditional)[fr]French, <trad-gnu@april.org>[ko]Korean[pt]Portuguese[ro]Romanian[ru]Russian[es]Spanish — effort lead by FSFLA[sv]Swedish[tr]Turkish
The GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3
If you make a translation, please inform the GNU Translation Managers <web-translators@gnu.org>. They will check to make sure that your translation follows the above guidelines and make a link to it from this page.
[de]German translation of the LGPL[hu]Hungarian translation of the LGPL[ja]Japanese translation of the LGPL[mt]Maltese translation of the LGPL[fa]Persian (Farsi) translation of the LGPL[es]Spanish translation of the LGPL
Translations Underway
The following translation efforts are underway, please contact the person/team if you are willing to help.
[pt-br]Brazilian Portuguese[es]Spanish (both are lead by FSFLA)
The GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.3
If you make a translation, please inform the GNU Translation Managers <web-translators@gnu.org>. They will check to make sure that your translation follows the above guidelines and make a link to it from this page.
FDL 1.3 was released on November 3, 2008 and is a relatively minor modification of FDL 1.2; the only major changes are the revision of section 9 and the addition of section 11. Thus, the translations of FDL 1.2 may help you understand FDL 1.3 as well. You can learn more about the differences between these two versions in our FAQ.
[de]German translatation of the GFDL