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move away from transifex #268
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I personnally don't care. I'm commited to open source software, but when it comes to handling data that are not sensitive at all, I rather want to use the right tool than limiting myself to OSS. |
I agree that hosting the translations on hosted.weblate.org would be better than on Transifex. However, even if this isn't changed, you can easily use free software like poEdit to translate locally, not needing any web services, free or proprietary, at all. |
What about Zanata? And, btw, GitHub is also a proprietary service. |
well in any case i'll close this issue, since it doesn't seem people mind using transifex (or/and github). personally, i already quit transifex, so no more translations there for me. probably github in near future, as soon as there is a tested nice free alternative (and also not sexist one) |
Ever since they became proprietary. I have seen this argument rising up in several projects already. CopyQ, Exaile, Money Manager EX and even Gammu are currently being translated at https://hosted.weblate.org/ using Weblate which provides integration with Git. Please DO move away from the translation platform in question. |
BUMP! |
Changing platform will take time for the devs away of developping searx, when changing platform add zero advantage. And beyond that, you can use a fully open source stack to contribute to the translations. |
For note: In other hand, I'm full agree with @Cqoicebordel |
That's just another proprietary web 'service' so it doesn't change the situation. Unless they've hidden their licensing and code somewhere, but projects that do that are not worth looking at anyway because they have no interest in freedom. |
I refuse to keep the translation platform in question. When more and more projects would show contempt for Proprietary Services that used to be also available as Free Software, they might reverse back. GNU MediaGoblin has moved away from the translation platform in question to Pootle. Also, we can gradually migrate translators and translators can even login to Weblate with GitHub and other social network accounts. P.S. I have agreed to register to the translation platform in question because it WAS available as Free Software. VOTE WITH YOUR WALLETS! VOTE FOR FREEDOM! |
There is no ads, and nobody here is donating money to Transifex. Oh, and Transifex isn't a bad word, you can use it. For migrating translators, they choose what they do. And some of them may not be on github, and some of them are not devs. And so, some of them will be lost when changing platform. Searx's code and translations are still open source, no matter what. Even if transifex is closed source, and even if GitHub is closed source, and even if the routers at your FAI use closed source firmware. But nobody forces you to use, or to translate, or to contribute. You are welcome to do it, but nobody forces you. |
Only if they pay me, every time I do ;-)
Translators can even login to Weblate with GitHub and other social network accounts, such as F and G.
I use DD-WRT. The translation platform in question was available as Free Software. |
My point was that a lot a them won't even know that we switched platform.
We are moving away from the subject, but I was talking about your ISP, not you. I'm sorry, FAI is a french acronym. And I'm sure your ISP use closed source Cisco firmwares ;) |
Did I recommend? I am not willing to continue this thread with you. I think that migrating to Pootle or Weblate (even better) would be good. |
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Do not use Weblate, yet. When restricting access would be possible, I will ask, again, to migrate to Weblate. |
@GreenLunar The issue is closed WeblateOrg/weblate#516 |
@unixfox do you like to open and move this issue to discussions .. I think it is worth to discuss what @comradekingu said. FWIW to mentioning that I will never use Transiflex .. |
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well, just wanted to point out that transifex is proprietary software.
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personally, i'd rather not work on that any more. dont know how other searx translators feel about that (?)
would suggest weblate, but dont know any public instances other than https://hosted.weblate.org/
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