Hi, On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 10:45:48AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Richard Braakman writes: > > But do you think it's _okay_ for such a file not to be free? > > /usr/share/perl/5.8.0/unicore/UnicodeData.txt, which I assume is the file > you are talking about, contains just a table of data. Unless its creation > involved creativity rather than just "sweat of the brow" it is not > protected by copyright. I'd say that the definition of Unicode, heck even ASCII, involves a fair amount of creativity. The question is, is the definition of Unicode, as a set of named glyphs and encodings, "protected" by copyright? If not, then a table in a particular format representing that definition and nothing but that definition is not likely to be copyrightable. However, in these perverse times, where companies patent hyperlinks, I honestly have no idea whether Unicode itself is owned but licensed royalty-free, or as free as say, ASCII or English. "Newspeak is free for non-commercial and other non-infringing uses, and when not used to say bad things about Our President. Otherwise, please contact the worldwite patent bureau for a RAND-license." Bah. Cheers, Emile. -- E-Advies / Emile van Bergen | emile@e-advies.info tel. +31 (0)70 3906153 | http://www.e-advies.info
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