Re: Please update unicode tables to newer version with free license

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On Sat, May 30, 2026 at 01:25:05PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> Hello,
> lynx includes code/tables copied from unicode.org a long time ago in
> these=C2=A0files:
> src/chrtrans/iso01_uni.tbl
> src/chrtrans/iso02_uni.tbl
> src/chrtrans/iso03_uni.tbl
> src/chrtrans/iso04_uni.tbl
> src/chrtrans/iso05_uni.tbl
> src/chrtrans/iso06_uni.tbl
> src/chrtrans/iso07_uni.tbl
> src/chrtrans/iso08_uni.tbl
> src/chrtrans/iso09_uni.tbl
> src/chrtrans/next_uni.tbl
> test/koi8-r.html
>=20
> These contents are under non-free license:
> | This file is provided as-is by Unicode, Inc. (The Unicode Consortium).
> | No claims are made as to fitness for any particular purpose.  No
> | warranties of any kind are expressed or implied.  The recipient
> | agrees to determine applicability of information provided.  If this
> | file has been provided on optical media by Unicode, Inc., the sole
> | remedy for any claim will be exchange of defective media within 90
> | days of receipt.
> |=20
> | Unicode, Inc. hereby grants the right to freely use the information
> | supplied in this file in the creation of products supporting the
> | Unicode Standard, and to make copies of this file in any form for
> | internal or external distribution as long as this notice remains
> | attached.
>=20
> Notably the license does not allow modification, also use is restriczed
> to "products supporting the Unicode Standard".
>=20
> Unicode.org has since relicensed the code
> http://www.unicode.org/terms_of_use.html

thanks - I did think about this (perhaps last year), but did not find
the newer files.
=20
> Updated iso*tbl files are available here with a new copyright header
> https://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/ISO8859/ koi8-r ditto on
> https://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MISC/KOI8-R.TXT=20
> next_uni.tbl has not been updated with a new copyright header but since
> it is available here
> https://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/NEXT/NEXTSTEP.TXT the
> new license applies ("=E2=80=9CUnicode Data Files=E2=80=9D or "Data Files=
" include all
> computer data files under the following directories:
> https://www.unicode.org/Public/ [...]").
>=20
> Could you please update? I can try to come up with a patch if you want
> me to.

I can probably do this.

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Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
https://invisible-island.net

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