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Unicode data removal from descr-text.el
From: |
Dave Love |
Subject: |
Unicode data removal from descr-text.el |
Date: |
Wed, 04 Jun 2003 23:07:12 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) |
The code that I added to descr-txt.el to report Unicode properties has
been commented out, saying:
;;; We cannot use the UnicodeData.txt file as such; it is not free.
I don't understand this. I need to use that file to work on Unicode
support, which was why I added the code, and code to interface with
non-free programs hasn't been removed. However, I don't understand
why that file is considered non-free anyhow. It is freely
distributable according to the notice at
<URL:http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UCD.html#UCD_Terms> and
modifying it isn't relevant (useful), since it documents a standard.
It's like RFCs, for instance.
Re: Unicode data removal from descr-text.el, Richard Stallman, 2003/06/05