Thread: Re: FreeBSD ICU was Win32 unicode vs ICU
Kevin McArthur Wrote: > Should the postgresql project also be looking at CLDR for > cross-platform unicode support? Afaict, from the ICU website, ICU too uses CLDR. Why reinvent the wheel? ... John
# john@geeknet.com.au / 2005-08-25 04:53:47 +1000: > Kevin McArthur Wrote: > > > Should the postgresql project also be looking at CLDR for > > cross-platform unicode support? > > Afaict, from the ICU website, ICU too uses CLDR. > Why reinvent the wheel? Just a thought: PHP is under a BSD-like (Apache-style) license. Does that mean they're going to rewrite ICU under theirlicense? -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 02:13:28PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > Afaict, from the ICU website, ICU too uses CLDR. > > Why reinvent the wheel? > > Just a thought: PHP is under a BSD-like (Apache-style) license. > Does that mean they're going to rewrite ICU under their license? Near as I can tell, ICU is under a BSD like licence. http://dev.icu-project.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/icu/license.html Perhaps they are compatable. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a > tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone > else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
# kleptog@svana.org / 2006-03-26 15:53:24 +0200: > On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 02:13:28PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > Afaict, from the ICU website, ICU too uses CLDR. > > > Why reinvent the wheel? > > > > Just a thought: PHP is under a BSD-like (Apache-style) license. > > Does that mean they're going to rewrite ICU under their license? > > Near as I can tell, ICU is under a BSD like licence. I got confused by the Gnome LocaleProject reference earlier in the thread, sorry for the noise. > http://dev.icu-project.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/icu/license.html > > Perhaps they are compatable. They should be, as the ICU license is basically the MIT license tightened to have the same set of requirements as thenew BSD license. -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991