>> I've developped an open-source, multi-platform desktop application >> called Unicode Plus > > Before you get too heavily invested in this product name, you may want > to: > > 1. check out the page "Unicode® Copyright and Terms of Use" located at > http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html, and > > 2. send a quick note to the Consortium officers asking whether they are > OK with this use of the Unicode name.
Thanks for your wise words. I just sent the following message using the contact form available at <https://www.unicode.org/reporting.html <https://www.unicode.org/reporting.html>>: > Greetings, > > I recently subscribed to the Unicode mailing list and asked for technical > advice about Unihan features I would like to implement in an open-source > application I've been developing since a while ago, and available on GitHub: > <https://github.com/tonton-pixel/unicode-plus> > > I just got a message from one of the contributors informing me of a potential > problem over the use of the word "Unicode" in my program name: "Unicode > Plus", and advised me to contact you in order to check whether it is OK or > not. > > I must say that I indeed read the two documents > <http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html> and > <https://www.unicode.org/policies/logo_policy.html> and didn't think naming > my app "Unicode Plus" would be a problem. For me, it was just a way to > provide some reference to the U+ notation used throughout the app, and > indicate that the program was not only dealing with Unicode characters but > also with Unihan and emoji as well. > > Best regards.
