EmojiOne version 2 is no longer supported or distributed

[wreiske]

Description:

Rocket.Chat currently uses a very outdated version of EmojiOne.
From https://github.com/emojione/emojione#emojione-version-2

EmojiOne version 2 is no longer supported or distributed.

Server Setup Information:

• Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 70afb0e

[wreiske]

Also submitted as a feature request: RocketChat/feature-requests#54

Some important information: joypixels/emojione#488 (comment)

Looks like EmojiOne is no longer open source, however, they are still providing their icons FOR FREE to services like Verizon, Slack, Discourse, Kik, etc. Maybe Rocket.Chat could be one of those?

[sampaiodiego]

Maybe Rocket.Chat could be one of those?

Unfortunately not. New EmojiOne license doesn't allow it to be embedded on open source projects, so we cannot upgrade it.

We are internally discussing in either not use an emoji library at all (in this case let platform render emojis) or migrate to twemoji.. see #6740 (comment)

I would like to not have multiple discussions (in many different issues) but I would like to know your thoughts on above as well.. feel free to respond here or in the referred issue.

[wreiske]

@sampaiodiego I've been in contact with EmojiOne and they would like to offer us a modified version of their free license for our use case (in Rocket.Chat).

[engelgabriel]

Hi @wreiske thanks for doing that! Let's move forward with that offer!

[wreiske]

I'll let them know we'd like to move forward. I'll work with their team and get a pull-request going here to upgrade to EmojiOne 4.5.

😀

[sampaiodiego]

@wreiske please ask them about adding such on the bottom of the picker.. like in this mockup:

[alyssais]

Is there a copy of the full license that will apply to users of rocketchat after this upgrade? What terms does it impose on redistributors?