Tom Gewecke wondered: > it seems that you would > need permission to copy the glyph. I wonder if that is necessary.
To follow on from Peter Constable's response, it comes down to the actual scenario at hand and precisely what one means by "copy the glyph". Scenario 1 I want to use an example chart (or part of a chart or part of a names list) in my forthcoming textbook on Unicode Algorithms for Squaring the Circle. Correct action: Contact the Unicode office with details and request permission to reprint said chart (or whatever the exact content is) in your book. In this case you are "copying the glyph" as part of an extended chunk of content intended for republication. Scenario 2 I want to cite a sentence from the Unicode Standard which includes some glyph from the charts for my blog post, The True Dirt on Unicode. Correct action: Feel free. This would fall under fair use. In this case you are "copying the glyph" for incidental use in a quoted mention. Scenario 3 I want to use a representative glyph from the Unicode charts to inform my own font design, so I am sure that I am not incorrectly mixing up CUNEIFORM SIGN LAK-449 TIMES PAP PLUS PAP PLUS LU3 with CUNEIFORM SIGN LAK-648 TIMES PAP PLUS PAP PLUS LU3. Correct action: Feel free. This is what the representative glyphs in the charts are for. In this case you are "copying the glyph" by reference to its distinctive features, for a new glyph design. Scenario 4 I want to crack the security on the PDF of the charts and steal the glyph drawing instructions out of the font, so I don't have to do the work myself or pay for a font. Correct action: Examine your motives and your ethics. This is *never* allowed by the license attached to the charts. In this case you are simply "absconding with the glyph", thereby stealing someone else's IP. --Ken _______________________________________________ Unicode mailing list Unicode@unicode.org http://unicode.org/mailman/listinfo/unicode