Subject: Re: bug#23822: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:35:08 -0400

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  > >> These are the codes I added to my configuration file to define my
  > >> own Probhat layout:
  > >
  > > Thanks, but we need someone with copyright assignment on file to
  > > submit such a significant contribution.

  > Are things like this subject to copyright?
  > Isn't this just a collection of facts?

If it just describes the facts of the keyboard layout,
then it should be noncopyrightable in the US.

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