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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.




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