From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 21103@debbugs.gnu.org, Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@43-1.org>
Subject: bug#21103: 24.5; LaTeX input mode: add more blackboard bold characters
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:41:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pnfdq2rp.fsf@marxist.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87oab7vkb8.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 23 Feb 2016 20:37:47 +1100")
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@43-1.org> writes:
>
>> I miss at least ℂ (field of complex numbers), 𝔽 (generic field), 𝕂
>> (generic field, German), ℍ (quaternions), 𝕀 (identity map), ℚ (field of
>> rational numbers), ℤ (ring of integers). Others might miss a few more
>> that are in common use, see [1].
>>
>> The attached patch adds all blackboard bold capital characters and "1"
>> and "2" using the codepoints from the referenced Wikipedia article.
>
> [...]
>
>> This patch adds all capital blackboard bold letters and those for "1"
>> and "2". Most characters are in common use in mathematics, but it does
>> not seem useful to exclude the few not widely used.
>
> It does seem more consistent to add them all, yes...
>
>> - ("\\Bbb{N}" ?ℕ) ; AMS commands for blackboard bold
>> - ("\\Bbb{P}" ?ℙ) ; Also sometimes \mathbb.
>> + ("\\Bbb{A}" ?𝔸) ; AMS commands for blackboard bold
>> + ("\\Bbb{B}" ?𝔹) ; Also sometimes \mathbb.
>> + ("\\Bbb{C}" ?ℂ)
>> + ("\\Bbb{D}" ?𝔻)
>> + ("\\Bbb{E}" ?𝔼)
>> + ("\\Bbb{F}" ?𝔽)
>> + ("\\Bbb{G}" ?𝔾)
>> + ("\\Bbb{H}" ?ℍ)
>
> (etc)
>
> A question to the other Emacs maintainers -- would a change like this,
> which is more than 15 lines, require a copyright assignment? It's not
> very "code-ey"...
I searched online, and found the following:
https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ33.pdf
Familiar symbols and designs, or a simple combination of a few familiar symbols or designs, are
uncopyrightable and cannot be registered with the Office. However, a work of authorship that
incorporates one or more familiar symbols or designs into a larger design may be registered if the
work as a whole contains a sufficient amount of creative expression.
Examples of familiar symbols and designs include but are not limited to
• Letters, punctuation, or symbols on a keyboard
• Abbreviations
• Musical notation
• Numbers and mathematical and currency symbols
• Arrows and other directional or navigational symbols
• Common symbols and shapes, such as a spade, club, heart, diamond, star, yin yang, or
fleur de lys
• Common patterns, such as standard chevron, polka dot, checkerboard, or houndstooth
• Well-known and commonly used symbols that contain a minimal amount of expression or
are in the public domain, such as the peace symbol, gender symbols, or simple emoticons
• Industry designs, such as the caduceus, barber pole, food labeling symbols, or hazard
warning symbols
• Familiar religious symbols
• Common architecture moldings
Given the above, I think this is fine to install with the
Copyright-paperwork-exempt tag.
We could perhaps contact assign@gnu.org if we feel unsure about this,
to hear what they have to say. Does anyone think we should do that
first, or have any other comments? Otherwise, I think we should just
install it.
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-20 20:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-21 11:28 bug#21103: 24.5; LaTeX input mode: add more blackboard bold characters Ansgar Burchardt
2016-02-23 9:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-01-20 20:41 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2020-01-21 18:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-01-31 10:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
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