Stefan Persson scripsit:
> Is there any chance that Tengwar and Cirth might become parts of the UCS? I
> know that they have been proposed for inclusion, but all proposed characters
> don't have to be included in the standard...
Of the insiders, some are strongly for it and have said so, some are
strongly against it and have said so. Even the most highly trained
finger-lickers probably can't say for sure what will happen.
> Would it even be *legal* to
> include those characters (referring to U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN)?
Characters are abstractions, and glyphs are not subject to copyright
protection. I am not a lawyer; this is not legal advice.
> BTW, has *any* script, invented for *any* kind of fiction (or similar), ever
> been fully approved and included in the UCS? And, has any such script ever
> been rejected?
Klingon was rejected, partly on the ground that even Klingonists don't
use the Klingon script to write Klingon: all extant writings (as opposed
to background visuals in TV shows and movies) are in the Latin script.
Ogham, which is included, has historical value, but nowadays is used
more like a ConScript: I believe Michael Everson conjectured that
the total amount of modern Ogham writing (kids passing notes in school, e.g.)
exceeds that on all known historical inscriptions.
-- John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
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