English language locale for Belgium (Ubuntu, Debian, ...)

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English language locale for Belgium on Ubuntu, Debian and others linux systems

sudo cp en_BE /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_BE
sudo localedef -i en_BE -c -f UTF-8 en_BE
echo "en_BE.UTF-8 UTF-8" | sudo tee -a /etc/locale.gen
sudo locale-gen

Maybe also change files in /var/lib/locales/supported.d/

en_BE

comment_char %
escape_char /

% English language locale for Belgium
% Contact: Yannick Vanhaeren
% Email: 
% Language: en
% Territory: BE
% Revision: 1.0
% Date: 2017-11-02
% Users: general
% Charset: UTF-8

LC_IDENTIFICATION
title      "English locale for Belgium"
source     ""
address    ""
contact    "Yannick Vanhaeren"
email      ""
tel        ""
fax        ""
language   "Belgian English"
territory  "Belgium"
revision   "1.0"
date       "2017-11-02"

category "i18n:2012";LC_IDENTIFICATION
category "i18n:2012";LC_CTYPE
category "i18n:2012";LC_COLLATE
category "i18n:2012";LC_TIME
category "i18n:2012";LC_NUMERIC
category "i18n:2012";LC_MONETARY
category "i18n:2012";LC_MESSAGES
category "i18n:2012";LC_PAPER
category "i18n:2012";LC_NAME
category "i18n:2012";LC_ADDRESS
category "i18n:2012";LC_TELEPHONE
category "i18n:2012";LC_MEASUREMENT
END LC_IDENTIFICATION

LC_CTYPE
copy "en_GB"
END LC_CTYPE

LC_COLLATE
% Copy the template from ISO/IEC 14651
copy "en_GB"
END LC_COLLATE

LC_MONETARY
int_curr_symbol         "<U0045><U0055><U0052><U0020>"
currency_symbol         "<U20AC>"
mon_decimal_point       "<U002C>"
mon_thousands_sep       "<U002E>"
mon_grouping            3;3
positive_sign           ""
negative_sign           "<U002D>"
int_frac_digits         2
frac_digits             2
p_cs_precedes           1
p_sep_by_space          0
n_cs_precedes           1
n_sep_by_space          0
p_sign_posn             1
n_sign_posn             1
END LC_MONETARY

LC_NUMERIC
decimal_point           "<U002C>"
thousands_sep           "<U002E>"
grouping                3;3
END LC_NUMERIC

LC_TIME
abday       "<U0053><U0075><U006E>";"<U004D><U006F><U006E>";/
            "<U0054><U0075><U0065>";"<U0057><U0065><U0064>";/
            "<U0054><U0068><U0075>";"<U0046><U0072><U0069>";/
            "<U0053><U0061><U0074>"
day         "<U0053><U0075><U006E><U0064><U0061><U0079>";/
            "<U004D><U006F><U006E><U0064><U0061><U0079>";/
            "<U0054><U0075><U0065><U0073><U0064><U0061><U0079>";/
            "<U0057><U0065><U0064><U006E><U0065><U0073><U0064><U0061><U0079>";/
            "<U0054><U0068><U0075><U0072><U0073><U0064><U0061><U0079>";/
            "<U0046><U0072><U0069><U0064><U0061><U0079>";/
            "<U0053><U0061><U0074><U0075><U0072><U0064><U0061><U0079>"
abmon       "<U004A><U0061><U006E>";"<U0046><U0065><U0062>";/
            "<U004D><U0061><U0072>";"<U0041><U0070><U0072>";/
            "<U004D><U0061><U0079>";"<U004A><U0075><U006E>";/
            "<U004A><U0075><U006C>";"<U0041><U0075><U0067>";/
            "<U0053><U0065><U0070>";"<U004F><U0063><U0074>";/
            "<U004E><U006F><U0076>";"<U0044><U0065><U0063>"
mon         "<U004A><U0061><U006E><U0075><U0061><U0072><U0079>";/
            "<U0046><U0065><U0062><U0072><U0075><U0061><U0072><U0079>";/
            "<U004D><U0061><U0072><U0063><U0068>";/
            "<U0041><U0070><U0072><U0069><U006C>";/
            "<U004D><U0061><U0079>";/
            "<U004A><U0075><U006E><U0065>";/
            "<U004A><U0075><U006C><U0079>";/
            "<U0041><U0075><U0067><U0075><U0073><U0074>";/
            "<U0053><U0065><U0070><U0074><U0065><U006D><U0062><U0065><U0072>";/
            "<U004F><U0063><U0074><U006F><U0062><U0065><U0072>";/
            "<U004E><U006F><U0076><U0065><U006D><U0062><U0065><U0072>";/
            "<U0044><U0065><U0063><U0065><U006D><U0062><U0065><U0072>"
d_t_fmt     "<U0025><U0061><U0020><U0025><U0064><U0020><U0025><U0062><U0020><U0025><U0059><U0020><U0025><U0054><U0020><U0025><U005A>"
d_fmt       "<U0025><U0064><U002F><U0025><U006D><U002F><U0025><U0079>"
t_fmt       "<U0025><U0054>"
am_pm       "";""
t_fmt_ampm  ""
date_fmt    "<U0025><U0061><U0020><U0025><U0065><U0020><U0025><U0062>/
<U0020><U0025><U0048><U003A><U0025><U004D><U003A><U0025><U0053><U0020>/
<U0025><U005A><U0020><U0025><U0059>"
week    7;19971130;4
first_weekday 2
END LC_TIME

LC_MESSAGES
copy "en_GB"
END LC_MESSAGES

LC_PAPER
copy "en_GB"
END LC_PAPER

LC_TELEPHONE
tel_int_fmt    "<U002B><U0025><U0063><U0020><U0025><U0061><U0020><U0025>/
<U006C>"
tel_dom_fmt    "<U0025><U0041><U0020><U0025><U006C>"
int_select     "<U0030><U0030>"
int_prefix     "<U0033><U0032>"
END LC_TELEPHONE

LC_MEASUREMENT
copy "en_GB"
END LC_MEASUREMENT

LC_NAME
copy "en_GB"
END LC_NAME

LC_ADDRESS
postal_fmt    "<U0025><U0066><U0025><U004E><U0025><U0061><U0025><U004E>/
<U0025><U0064><U0025><U004E><U0025><U0062><U0025><U004E><U0025><U0073>/
<U0020><U0025><U0068><U0020><U0025><U0065><U0020><U0025><U0072><U0025>/
<U004E><U0025><U007A><U0020><U0025><U0054><U0025>/
<U004E><U0025><U0063><U0025><U004E>"
country_name  "<U0042><U0065><U006C><U0067><U0069><U0071><U0075><U0065>"
country_ab2   "<U0042><U0045>"
country_ab3   "<U0042><U0045><U004C>"
country_num   056
% B
country_car   "<U0042>"
% English
lang_name     "<U0045><U006E><U0067><U006C><U0069><U0073><U0068>"
% en
lang_ab       "<U0065><U006E>"
% eng
lang_term     "<U0065><U006E><U0067>"
% eng
lang_lib      "<U0065><U006E><U0067>"
END LC_ADDRESS

Hi @yvh,

I've been building a repository based on the initial work you shared here. My clanker pointed out that, since the gist has no licence, attribution alone doesn't give me permission to reuse and redistribute your work.

Would you be comfortable granting me permission to use, modify, and redistribute your work under the GNU LGPL version 2.1 or later?

I want to be transparent about where the project started. My eventual goal is to submit the locale upstream to glibc, which means I need to establish that I have permission to contribute the original material.

Work completed in the repository so far includes:

• an installation script (not really that useful).
• changes to the locale definitions after reviewing and documenting each choice.
• comparisons against glibc's en_GB, fr_BE, nl_BE, and de_BE locales.

A reply here confirming your permission would provide a public record.

For reference, glibc's contribution process is documented here:

https://sourceware.org/glibc/involved.html
https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Contribution%20checklist
https://sourceware.org/mailman/listinfo/libc-locales/

Thank you for your time.

Kind regards,
Alexis