- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:39:17 -0400
- To: Russell <russell@blissymbolics.org>
- Cc: lisa.seeman@zoho.com, Mats L <m.lundalv@gmail.com>, public-personalization-tf <public-personalization-tf@w3.org>
Michael, All: I think archiving Russell's email is good, but I actually like his proposed URI for use in the W3C normative document. Any reason we can't do both? Best, Janina Russell writes: > Hi Lisa, > > Yes, we agree that the reference numbers can be used in keeping with the w3c > patent policy. If attribution can be made in the document, that would be > great, otherwise I guess we can include it at the license url. > > For a stable url, would something like http://blissymbolics.org/w3c-license > <http://blissymbolics.org/index.php/licensing> work? Have I understood you > correctly? > > Thanks, > > Russell > > On 2019-08-22 11:18 a.m., lisa.seeman wrote: > > Hi Russell > > What time frame do you think it will take to get a decisions if we can > > use the BCI *numbers* in the specification in keeping with the w3c > > patent policy at https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy > > > > We would need the licence to be in a stable url to be able to use it in > > our specification. > > > > All the best > > > > Lisa Seeman > > > > LinkedIn <http://il.linkedin.com/in/lisaseeman/>, Twitter > > <https://twitter.com/SeemanLisa> > > > > > > > > > > ---- On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:19:32 +0300 *Russell > > <russell@blissymbolics.org <mailto:russell@blissymbolics.org>>* wrote > > ---- > > > > Hi Lisa, > > > > Well, that is a question that has never been asked before! My > > initial reaction would be "no" but let me run it by the board just > > in case. > > > > Russell > > > > On 2019-08-20 7:03 a.m., lisa.seeman wrote: > > > > > > Hi Russell > > > > Thanks for getting back to us so quickly. > > > > We are just talking about using the BCI reference number. Not > > the actual symbols. > > We need people to be able to use the specification for profit > > applications without paying royalties. > > > > Are the BCI numbers subject to copywrite and if so can people > > make a "for profit" product that uses them (such as a web > > page) royalty free? > > > > All the best > > > > Lisa Seeman > > > > LinkedIn <http://il.linkedin.com/in/lisaseeman/>, Twitter > > <https://twitter.com/SeemanLisa> > > > > > > > > > > ---- On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:42:27 +0300 *Russell > > <russell@blissymbolics.org> > > <mailto:russell@blissymbolics.org>* wrote ---- > > > > Hi Lisa, > > > > The licensing information can be found at: > > > > http://blissymbolics.org/index.php/licensing > > > > If you have any further questions about it, I am currently > > the person to talk to. Attribution would be the only > > requirement, I think. > > > > For ISO codes, there is an older ISO 8859 encoding but it > > is no longer used or kept up to date. A proposal for a > > Unicode encoding is in a very advanced stage and hopefully > > that will become formalized very soon. There are some > > technical issues with how indicators are overlaid on > > symbols that is holding things up a bit but I am > > optimistic that this obstacle will be overcome very soon. > > However, the new Unicode encoding will consist of > > Bliss-characters - ie the building blocks of the language > > - and thus not contain every Bliss-word but only those > > words that are also Bliss-characters. So for a numbering > > system that refers to all Bliss-words, the BCI-AV numbers > > are the ones to use. It is by far the most widely used > > indexing. As far as other possible ISO standards such as > > 7001 or 7010 but for complete pictographic/ideographic > > languages, I'm not even aware of a standard let alone > > Bliss being part of it. > > > > Russell > > > > > > On 2019-08-19 11:06 a.m., lisa.seeman wrote: > > > > > > Hi Russell! > > > > We are currently hoping to use BCI numbers as > > references options in our specification. See > > #symbol-explanation > > <https://w3c.github.io/personalization-semantics/content/#symbol-explanation> > > Is there any copy-write involved? What licence would > > that be under and is there a web link to it? > > > > Also do you know if any symbol sets have ISO codes? > > > > All the best > > > > Lisa Seeman > > > > LinkedIn <http://il.linkedin.com/in/lisaseeman/>, > > Twitter <https://twitter.com/SeemanLisa> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Janina Sajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
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