GNU bug report logs - #41747
27.0.91; Add default fontset setup for "Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 13:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.91

Done: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #43 received at 41747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 41747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41747: 27.0.91;
 Add default fontset setup for "Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A"
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 17:41:42 +0300
> From: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 11:27:49 +0200
> 
> Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > This sounds like a possibly important issue, though perhaps mostly
> > independent of Emacs.  Would someone who knows the Symbols situation
> > well please offer to explain this to me?
> 
> Here's my attempt at a summary; corrections welcome:

AFAIK, this is correct: latest Symbola versions use a non-free license
(free only for personal and non-commercial use), so GNU/Linux distros
install old versions which are free.




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