Scríobh Phil Boswell:
I wondered whether it could be possible to create a
SignWriting extension
to
Mediawiki, along the same lines as WikiHiero, which
used SWML as the
source.
This would at the very least allow us to display the
signs in articles
about
them, and might provide some sort of kick-start for
more extensive usage.
SignWriting looks like the best system as far as intelligibility goes, but
isn't it copyrighted? I mean, I know that the creator has made it free for
use and all (see
http://signwriting.org/about/questions/quest0004.html ),
but doesn't that still make it ineligible for use in a Wikimedia project?
It would be like using a special copyrighted ortography for English, or a
copyrighted conlang (Toki Pona, anyone?).
Yet another issue that must be addressed, I suppose.
Cheers,
- Craig [[en:Lankiveil]]
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