A Word of Caution - Notes on Translating and Republishing .NET Articles

A Word of Caution - Notes on Translating and Republishing .NET Articles

Summary: Permission is required to translate Microsoft developer blog articles, and they cannot be marked as original.

Last updated 9/26/2022 7:42 AM
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Story Beginning

On September 15, the owner of the Dotnet9 website (Desert's End Wolf) translated three articles from .NET 7 RC1: ".NET 7 RC1 Released", "ASP.NET Core Updates in .NET 7 RC1", and "EF Core 7 RC1 Released", sourced from the Microsoft Developer Blog:

WeChat public account article list

.NET 7 RC1 markdown format

Today, after being notified by the WeChat public account [Microsoft Developer MSDN] operations team (including a female staff member) and other personnel, the above three articles have been deleted:

In summary:

For articles published on the Microsoft Developer Blog https://devblogs.microsoft.com/, if a WeChat public account owner intends to translate or repost them, they need to:

  1. Contact [Microsoft Developer MSDN] or other Microsoft departments or relevant organizations to apply for translation or reposting.
  2. Cannot repost with an original mark, regardless of whether the original author is credited.

The site owner was upset at the time and said some harsh words. Dotnet account owners should not follow this example and must pay attention to copyright:

Today, some words were spoken without perspective, which caused amusement...

The following is the full chat log. Dotnet account owners should take this as a warning:

Today's Lesson

From now on, I will no longer translate English articles related to Dotnet, nor am I interested in applying for translation. Alternatively, I will read and write personal understanding, which should not violate their rules. Below, I share Microsoft's latest technology notification platforms:

The articles above are mainly in English; I have never seen Chinese articles. It is recommended to use Google Translate plus personal understanding when reading.

The latest Dotnet versions and release installation packages can be downloaded from this repository. Currently, .NET 8 already has versions available for download and trial.

Summary

The site owner is currently focusing on reconstructing the Dotnet9 website in spare time. Current development status:

Finally, a reminder to myself and other Dotnet public account owners:

Copyright! Copyright! Copyright!

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Oh, and for this blog post, I will mark it as Original!

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