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Re: Is admin/unidata/copyright.html a free software license?
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Ulrich Mueller |
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Re: Is admin/unidata/copyright.html a free software license? |
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Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:48:51 +0200 |
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>>>>> On Mon, 21 Aug 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> This was indeed discussed, and the conclusion was that it's okay for
> us to distribute these files, and to distribute data based on those
> files as part of Emacs.
Could you point me to the previous discussion please?
I don't disagree that these files can be distributed (at least
currently). However, merely being distributable is a much lower standard
than being free.
> Other Free Software packages do the same. Example: HarfBuzz.
> As to their reserved rights to change the conditions: when they do (if
> they ever do), we will reassess this issue.
That's not what the free software definition says.
>> I am also surprised that these lists in admin/unidata/ or, in general,
>> a character set can be copyrightable. (For example, everyone uses ASCII
>> without thinking about copyright of the underlying ANSI X3.4 standard.
>> The same applies to several much larger CJK character sets.)
> So therefore why are you raising this non-issue, from your POV?
But is it a non-issue? Why would Unicode claim copyright for these files
if they aren't copyrightable?
Re: Is admin/unidata/copyright.html a free software license?, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/08/21
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Re: Is admin/unidata/copyright.html a free software license?, Richard Stallman, 2023/08/21