Re: Boost.Text Unicode licence issues

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-08-24 19:30:38

On 2020-08-24 21:24, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> Andrey Semashev wrote:
> 
>> But if it indeed means binary form as well then, alas, no Unicode in 
>> Boost.
> 
> It does, but I'm pretty sure the Unicode consortium isn't going to go 
> after us for this specific use (using the data files to generate code 
> that is necessary to implement the functionality specified in the 
> standard.)

It doesn't matter how likely it is. This isn't just about us, but also 
about our users.

One other option would be to ask Unicode Inc. for a permission to use 
Unicode data in binary form without the requirement to present the license.