Jim Penny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) it appears not to allow modification of the file. The only > operation permitted is "extraction".
Both Sam Hartman and I agreed that while modification might not be permitted, distribution of patch files for the purpose of effective modification *is* easily possible for any program that reads the file. So this is not a problem for distributing the verbatim file in Debian. > 2) while "extraction" is permitted, no explicit right to redistribute > the extracted (derived) information is granted. You can *use* the extracted information in "documentation or programs", and I think in context it's clear that this use is intended to allow even Microsoft to distribute the program without license, and certainly therefore a free program. > Note: I have no interest in whether DSFG compatible programs can be > created using this data. Clearly, they can. Is a file under this > license, or a file mechanically derived from such a file DSFG free? In the case of the Unicode data file, yes. There is no need to decide such a question in a hypothetical case. Thomas