From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: License of Unicode tables Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:33:26 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <16477.53040.700494.489540@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <87vfkwn83l.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1080751491 31922 80.91.224.253 (31 Mar 2004 16:44:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:44:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 31 18:44:40 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B8ipT-0000Hl-00 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:44:39 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B8ipT-00052s-00 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:44:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B8ioW-0000jy-M4 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:43:40 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B8inu-0000W9-E1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:43:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B8inG-0008HD-6K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:42:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B8ilZ-0006fg-Rm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:40:38 -0500 Original-Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B8ilY-0001nK-00 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:40:36 +0200 Original-Received: from h246n3c1o299.bredband.skanova.com ([217.208.174.246]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:40:36 +0200 Original-Received: from jas by h246n3c1o299.bredband.skanova.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:40:36 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 50 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: h246n3c1o299.bredband.skanova.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qq9KkLPiopjRN8obMxwtp0Z2If8= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:21133 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:21133 Richard Stallman writes: > But in any case -- is this a realistic problem? Do we know of any > bugs in the file? > > The question is not relevant; we can't accept a non-free file > on the grounds that its contents are perfect for its job. > There may be a way to rescue the use of this file. > I am looking into it. Unicode 4.0.1 was just released. The licensing terms has changed, and if I'm locating the proper license terms for the data files (the files themselves does not appear to include the license), it now reads as below. This is better, as it allows for redistribution of modified copies, isn't it? Copyright © 1991-2004 Unicode, Inc. All rights reserved. Distributed under the Terms of Use in http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html. 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