Re: About locale data ... (again)

[Guilhem Lavaux]

Mark Wielaard wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 16:30, Guilhem Lavaux wrote:
>  
>
> > As we always need a good locale database for GNU Classpath, I was 
> > thinking of a way to get it. The ICU locale converter is only partially 
> > satisfying as it does not have any collation rules generator (at least). 
> > I've seen that www.openi18n.org[1][2] has begun a new standard file 
> > format to interchange locale data. It is purely written in XML form and 
> > looks well documented. On IBM[3], we can find the locale database 
> > waiting to be converted.
> >    
>
> This looks like a very promising way to get good locale data for GNU
> Classpath. Is there a statement from IBM[3] that the locale database is
> free for use by projects like ours (GPL compatible)? If not, then we
> need to have a contact address at IBM to explicitly ask for permission.
> (I can do that if you want.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>  
Here are the details, for the list...

Cheers,

Guilhem.


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