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[Feature Request] Support SheenBidi #138

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@nullgemm

Hi, I am developing a simple widget toolkit (working copy here) and plan on using libraqm to help with the text rendering, but the FriBiDi dependency worries me a little.

Anything using LGPL code must be released in a way that allows re-linking it with a modified version, and I try my best to write software everyone can use without limitations other than some form of attribution, which is possible under the Apache, MIT and BSD licenses, but not with the GPL or the LGPL.

If my understanding is correct, you guys (or at least @khaledhosny) know about SheenBiDi, which is Apache-licensed and could replace FriBiDi. Do you plan on supporting it? If yes, when will that happen? If not, would it be reasonable for me to fork libraqm?

Thank you for your work on this library :)

EDIT:
It looks like I'm not the first one to bring this up: Tehreer/SheenBidi#10

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