Re: location of UnicodeData.txt

[tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

Jim Penny <jpenny@universal-fasteners.com> writes:

> On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 06:52:21PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> > Jim Penny <jpenny@universal-fasteners.com> writes:
> > 
> > > I would venture to guess that even with a perfect oracle, it would be
> > > essentially imposible to reverse engineer the Unicode data files, much
> > > less the ancillary algorithms.  That is, a 32 bit search space with at
> > > least 36 properties to be discovered per data point is whopping big.
> > 
> > That's irrelevant.
> > 
> 
> No, it is not irrelevant.  There were two questions:  1) Does it have
> enough originality to be copyrightable?  2)  Could it be reverse
> engineered (thereby avoiding the copyright)?  My answers are, 1) Yes, 
> and 2) No, resp.

1) Doesn't matter, because we can implement Unicode in free programs
   whether it's copyrightable or not.

2) Doesn't matter, same reason.

Thomas