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Originally posted by Grandpa
LimeWire was developed in the US so the proper language is English (US). If you want it to be English (UK) then develop your own software and fly the union jack. |
Limewire is actually developed with people from different origins (although they work in New York City), and with the help of open-source developers in various countries (but I still don't know any open-source developer in the LimeWire developers list that participates from Britain).
Anyway, if British users want corrections or adaptation for the default American English resources, they can contribute the needed changes for a additional "en_GB" resource file (just change the language name from "English" to "British English").
Actually the main resource file does not use the strict American rules for orthography and vocabulary. This is more a International English version, so may be "en_US" adaptation may be added as well. For this reason the default locale is just labeled "English" and not "American English". May be it should be labeled "International English", but who really cares ?
There's no proud flagship for US promotion in LimeWire. The softwareisfor the people of the world. Not just for US citizens (and anyway, English is not the only language in US, Spanish and French having also some official status in some of its states), and the intent of LimeWire is to serve them equally and with respect of differences of culture, including minorities. That's the reason why LimeWire is internationalized in favor of humane languages, not in favor of administrative country borders (which however apply in some limitations for legality of the LimeWire LLC activities in US).