Question about license for unicode data
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Hi, I'm looking to package this for Debian and I have a question about the license situation for (for example) this file: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfrust/blob/main/harfrust/src/unicode/emoji_table.rs
The first unicode link says:
You may freely download and make copies of the [Unicode® Standard](https://www.unicode.org/standard/standard.html) Core Specification, [Unicode Technical Reports](https://www.unicode.org/reports/), [Unicode Technical Notes](https://www.unicode.org/notes/), [Unicode Code Charts](https://unicode.org/charts/About.html), and other portions of this website and may annotate and translate such permitted downloads and copies, provided that such downloads, copies, annotations, and translations are solely for personal or internal business purposes and not for public distribution, and further provided that any permitted copies and modifications fully reproduce all copyright and other legal notices contained in the original. Notwithstanding the foregoing, specific versions of the [Unicode® Standard](https://www.unicode.org/standard/standard.html) Core Specification, [Unicode Technical Reports](https://www.unicode.org/reports/), [Unicode Technical Notes](https://www.unicode.org/notes/), and [Unicode Code Charts](https://unicode.org/charts/About.html), as well as other Unicode publications, materials, and portions of this website may be subject to broader permissions and/or further reservations of rights and restrictions on use found in the title pages, cover sheets, front matter, and/or footnotes for each such version, report, chart, or other publication or material. Consult each version, report, chart, or other publication or material for any such permissions and further reservations of rights and restrictions on use.
The important part being: provided that such downloads, copies, annotations, and translations are solely for personal or internal business purposes and not for public distribution
and: specific versions of [...] [Unicode Technical Reports](https://www.unicode.org/reports/) [...] may be subject to broader permissions
The second link: https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Rights_to_Emoji_Images Does not grant any broader permissions as far as I can see?
Is there something that I'm missing that would make it legal do distribute this work in Debian?
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Research direction
Start with harfrust/src/unicode/emoji_table.rs and review the Unicode Standard and TR51 rights pages linked in the issue. Determine which licensing notices or permissions apply to the generated Unicode data and whether they permit Debian distribution. Done means recording a clear licensing conclusion and any required attribution or follow-up.
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