From c5b3ebb325b801abf9b67bbadaf0cc5e61f3309e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eitan Adler Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2018 02:57:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] internal: update i18n policy Following a report of a dead link, core@ updated the text of the i18n policy. Follow suit. Approved by: core@ --- en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/i18n.xml | 37 ++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/i18n.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/i18n.xml index c935b12175..2dee00e8bd 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/i18n.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/i18n.xml @@ -12,37 +12,10 @@ - -

Policy

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When listing countries or other geographic areas in - documentation, menus, mirror/FTP lists, or other contexts, it is - important to introduce such lists as "Countries or Regions" so that - an implied sovereignty claim is neither made nor denied to those - regions which have their own top level domains.

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The ISO 3166 country codes do not necessarily refer to - nation-states (e.g. Hong Kong) and should not be treated as such. - Likewise the "official" ISO 3166 short English names for those - countries and regions which have top level domains are in some cases - controversial, and not all of them are commonly used in the software - industry.

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We follow the guidelines used by IBM, Microsoft, Google, and - other prominent software companies in their documentation in that - Taiwan should never be included with a distinction referring to the - Republic of China, People's Republic of China, or a national flag. - Interpretation of the word "Taiwan" is in the eye of the beholder, - and The FreeBSD Project does not endorse any particular position.

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Reference:

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  1. IBM - Localization guidelines
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Policy

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The FreeBSD Project uses ISO 3166 country codes in + software included in the release distributions and the + official website to describe geographical regions in the + world.