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Re: location of UnicodeData.txt



* Jim Penny <jpenny@universal-fasteners.com> [021203 17:35]:
> OK, now, supposing that the unicode license is found to be non-DSFG
> free, and hence that UnicodeData.txt is non-free.
> 
> Suppose a program implements either unicode collation, regular expressions, 
> or any of the other things mentioned above.
> 
> (collation is at: http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr10/,
> regular expressions are at http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr18/)
> 
> Can the program be in debian main?

When such ridiculous preconditions hold, the program will be most likely
undistributable at all. Not only for debian but for anybody except the
author, if there is a single one. (At least if it is GPL or any other similar
licence)


Hochachtungsvoll,
  Bernhard R. Link

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