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<div dir="ltr">I was going to submit to SPDX myself fairly soon but thanks for the heads up</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Richard Fontana <rfontana@redhat.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 30, 2023 5:37:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> mccoy@lexpan.law <mccoy@lexpan.law>; License submissions for OSI review <license-review@lists.opensource.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [License-review] Request for Approval: Unicode License v3; Request for "Retirement": Unicode Inc License Agreement-Data Files and Software</font>
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<div class="PlainText">It seems acceptable to me.<br>
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BTW you may want to keep an eye on<br>
github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues since this license has (today)<br>
been submitted for review in Fedora, and if Fedora approves it someone<br>
associated with Fedora will then probably ask SPDX to add it to the<br>
SPDX license list and assign a license identifier.<br>
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Richard<br>
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On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 6:49 PM McCoy Smith <mccoy@lexpan.law> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I'm resending this since I looks like it has not gotten through to some people on the list (although did make it to archives).<br>
> Also, I'm not including the attachments which might be the cause of the problem. If anyone is interested in a redline contact me directly.<br>
><br>
> > -----Original Message-----<br>
> > From: McCoy Smith <mccoy@lexpan.law><br>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 3:00 PM<br>
> > To: 'License submissions for OSI review' <license-<br>
> > review@lists.opensource.org><br>
> > Subject: Request for Approval: Unicode License v3; Request for "Retirement":<br>
> > Unicode Inc License Agreement-Data Files and Software<br>
> ><br>
> > The following request is for both an approval of an updated version of an<br>
> > already-approved license, and a superseding of a currently-approved license.<br>
> ><br>
> > I am submitting this request on behalf of the Unicode Consortium, the<br>
> > License Steward of both licenses, who I represent.<br>
> ><br>
> > Summary: the Unicode Consortium is the License Steward of an existing OSI-<br>
> > approved license, the Unicode Inc. License Agreement – Data Files and<br>
> > Software: <a href="https://opensource.org/license/unicode-inc-license-agreement-">
https://opensource.org/license/unicode-inc-license-agreement-</a><br>
> > data-files-and-software/ A new version of that license has been created, to<br>
> > address certain suboptimal terms in the license, and to genercize it so that it<br>
> > may be used by entities other than the Unicode Consortium. The new version<br>
> > is being renamed the “Unicode License v3” to shorten the name and to<br>
> > address the fact that a slightly revised version of the OSI-approved text has<br>
> > been used since the approval of the text by OSI. The current text can be<br>
> > found here: <a href="https://www.unicode.org/license.txt">https://www.unicode.org/license.txt</a> (note that that copy is<br>
> > slightly different than the copy submitted for approval, in that it contains a<br>
> > Unicode copyright notice with relevant years; for the text submitted for<br>
> > approval by OSI, the copyright notice and years have been indicated as "fill in<br>
> > the blanks."). It is also currently being used in Unicode's Github repository,<br>
> > for example, here: <a href="https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/LICENSE">
https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/LICENSE</a><br>
> ><br>
> > The Unicode Consortium is seeking approval of the new license. At the same<br>
> > time, the Unicode Consortium is seeking superseding of the currently-<br>
> > approved license text on the OSI website. For sake of completeness, I have<br>
> > filled out both the “For Approval” information for the new license, and the<br>
> > “For Retirement” information for the old license (even though this is not a<br>
> > retirement but instead a supersedence: i.e., the new version is the preferable<br>
> > version of the license going forward, but any code using the old license<br>
> > remains under an OSI approved license).<br>
> ><br>
> > For Approval<br>
> ><br>
> > Rationale: The new license was created in order to address certain drafting<br>
> > ambiguities and implementation complexities in the currently-approved<br>
> > license with OSI. Namely, the following changes have been made (I have<br>
> > attached a marked up version of the license in LibreOffice and Adobe<br>
> > Acrobat so that the changes can be more easily seen):<br>
> > 1. The “Copyright and Permission Notice” has been moved to the top of the<br>
> > license, to make clear that the “Notice to User” must be reproduced with any<br>
> > distribution of software or data licensed under the license, per the<br>
> > permission section.<br>
> > 2. The copyright notice has been genericized so as to not be specific to the<br>
> > Unicode Consortium or the recited years (which themselves are out of date).<br>
> > 3. The “All rights reserved” statement has been removed, as it is no longer<br>
> > required under Berne and is also misleading given the permissive nature of<br>
> > the license.<br>
> > 4. The references to links to Unicode’s website have been removed, to<br>
> > genericize the license and also make the license not dependent upon an<br>
> > external source for its defined terms (and also prevent defined terms from<br>
> > leading to dead links or modified links that could be altered in a way contrary<br>
> > to the OSD).<br>
> > 5. The recitation of “Unicode” data files and “Unicode” software has been<br>
> > removed to genericize the license for use by entities other than Unicode.<br>
> > 6. The defined terms “Data Files” and “Software” have been genericized to<br>
> > apply to any data files or software to which the license is applied.<br>
> ><br>
> > Distinguish: Compare to and contrast with the most similar OSI-approved<br>
> > license(s) The most similar OSI-approved license is the predecessor Unicode<br>
> > Consortium, Inc. License Agreement – Data Files and Software. The manner<br>
> > in which the submitted license differs is set forth above and in the attached<br>
> > mark-up.<br>
> > Legal review: Describe any legal review the license has been through, and<br>
> > provide results of any legal analysis if available.<br>
> > The license has been reviewed by Unicode external counsel (me) as well as<br>
> > Unicode’s general counsel.<br>
> > Proliferation category: Recommend which license proliferation category is<br>
> > appropriate This license should be in the same category as its predecessor<br>
> > (“Special Purpose”), given that it addresses both software and data files.<br>
> ><br>
> > License Text:<br>
> > The license text requested to be approved is reproduced below (for those of<br>
> > you who to not wish to review, or do not receive the attachments).<br>
> ><br>
> > ================================================================<br>
> > ================================================================<br>
> > ========================<br>
> > UNICODE LICENSE V3<br>
> ><br>
> > COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION NOTICE<br>
> ><br>
> > Copyright © <YEAR(S)> <COPYRIGHT HOLDER><br>
> ><br>
> > NOTICE TO USER: Carefully read the following legal agreement. BY<br>
> > DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING, COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING DATA FILES,<br>
> > AND/OR SOFTWARE, YOU UNEQUIVOCALLY ACCEPT, AND AGREE TO BE<br>
> > BOUND BY, ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF<br>
> > YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, COPY, DISTRIBUTE OR<br>
> > USE THE DATA FILES OR SOFTWARE.<br>
> ><br>
> > Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy<br>
> > of data files and any associated documentation (the "Data Files") or software<br>
> > and any associated documentation (the "Software") to deal in the Data Files<br>
> > or Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,<br>
> > copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Data Files<br>
> > or Software, and to permit persons to whom the Data Files or Software are<br>
> > furnished to do so, provided that either (a) this copyright and permission<br>
> > notice appear with all copies of the Data Files or Software, or (b) this<br>
> > copyright and permission notice appear in associated Documentation.<br>
> ><br>
> > THE DATA FILES AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT<br>
> > WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT<br>
> > LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A<br>
> > PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.<br>
> ><br>
> > IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS<br>
> > NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR<br>
> > CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING<br>
> > FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF<br>
> > CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR<br>
> > IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE DATA FILES OR<br>
> > SOFTWARE.<br>
> ><br>
> > Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder shall not<br>
> > be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other<br>
> > dealings in these Data Files or Software without prior written authorization<br>
> > of the copyright holder.<br>
> ><br>
> > ================================================================<br>
> > ================================================================<br>
> > ===========================<br>
> ><br>
> > For Retirement<br>
> > Version: Specify exactly which version is being retired The current OSI-<br>
> > approved version, found here: <a href="https://opensource.org/license/unicode-inc-">
https://opensource.org/license/unicode-inc-</a><br>
> > license-agreement-data-files-and-software/<br>
> > Successor: Identify successor license(s), if any.<br>
> > The new version of the license, submitted at the same time with the request<br>
> > for retirement/supersedence, above.<br>
> ><br>
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