"Bernhard R. Link" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Jim Penny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021203 17:35]: > > OK, now, supposing that the unicode license is found to be non-DSFG > > free, and hence that UnicodeData.txt is non-free. > > > > Suppose a program implements either unicode collation, regular expressions, > > or any of the other things mentioned above. > > > > (collation is at: http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr10/, > > regular expressions are at http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr18/) > > > > Can the program be in debian main? > > When such ridiculous preconditions hold, the program will be most likely > undistributable at all. Not only for debian but for anybody except the > author, if there is a single one. (At least if it is GPL or any other similar > licence)
A program can use the algorithms specified by Unicode without any copying of Unicode, and can thus be entirely free.
