Tengwar on a general purpose translation site

James Kass jameskass at code2001.com
Wed Mar 9 12:38:43 CST 2022


Suppose a proposal works around any IP concerns, real or imaginary, by 
using generic character names along the lines of CJK ideographs. Such as:

U+xxx01  FICTIONAL CONSCRIPT CHARACTER-XXX01
U+xxx02  FICTIONAL CONSCRIPT CHARACTER-XXX02
and so forth.

The charts covering the ranges could be blank with a footnote explaining 
that the lack of glyphs is due to IP concerns.  The proposal could refer 
to earlier proposals for usage examples and the proposed range need not 
mention any author's name or copyrighted brands.

Would such a proposal have any chance of moving forward towards acceptance?

If no, then it may be pointless to pursue standardization of fictional 
ConScripts.  If yes, then a proposer seeking an IP release could submit 
examples of what the proposed range would look like with or without the 
release to the IP holder, telling the IP holder that the writing system 
in question will likely be encoded one way or another.  The IP holder 
could then decide whether it would be better to grant or withhold the 
release.




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