On 19.02.2003 16:47:30 Clay Leeds wrote: > Thanks for the quick response. Can this information be added to the > release notes and/or readme?
I'll put it on my todo list if nobody does it before I do. > I see that en_GB.xml exists but what's the story on what I would assume > would be called en_US.xml (US English hyphenation patterns file)? Does > it exist? Is it missing due to licensing issues? The removal of hyphenation files was exclusively triggered by licence issues. We don't have an en_US.xml that we're confortble with ATM. > Also, I've searched for filenames & "text" contents in my fop > installations (.4 & .5rc2) and I haven't found the hyphenation pattern > files. Where are they stored? In the binary distribution they are in the hyph directory of fop.jar (in "compiled" form). In the source distribution they are under src/hyph as XML files. > Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > FOP version 0.20.5rc2 contains the following hyphenation files: > > > > - en_GB.xml: British English > > - es.xml: Spanish > > - fi.xml: Finnish > > - hu.xml: Hungarian > > - it.xml: Italian > > - pl.xml: Polish > > > > Christian, I'm most uneasy about hu.xml. It's the only one that IMO > > doesn't have an explicit statement that the file is in the public domain. > > The original (?) file I found contained a notice about free distribution, > > but our file doesn't contain a unambiguous reference to the original > > file, so I must assume that the copyrights are not entirely clear. > > Therefore, I am -1 (veto) on keeping that one for the moment. Does > > anyone disagree? > FWIW, I would agree. It should be relatively easy for users to download > the hyphenation files (especially if we provide a list with links! ;-). > I certainly don't think it's worth the risk to include files with > questionable licensing issues. Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
