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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There was a discussion on the SPDX mailing list about the SPDX ID for this license. Not sure where it bottomed out; I was advocating for Unicode-3.0 but they in the end decide the ID based on their naming criteria and to ensure internal consistency.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Think one will be issued relatively soon, as they were sort of waiting for the OSI approval to ensure that they had the final, OSI, approved version.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> License-review <license-review-bounces@lists.opensource.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stefano Maffulli<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 29, 2023 2:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> Pamela Chestek <pamela.chestek@opensource.org><br><b>Cc:</b> license-review@lists.opensource.org; board@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<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The license is on the website: <a href="https://opensource.org/license/unicode-license-v3/">https://opensource.org/license/unicode-license-v3/</a> (does anybody know if there is an SPDX id for it? I couldn't find one)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The previous version has been marked superseded <a href="https://opensource.org/license/unicode-inc-license-agreement-data-files-and-software/">https://opensource.org/license/unicode-inc-license-agreement-data-files-and-software/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 3:38 AM Pamela Chestek <<a href="mailto:pamela.chestek@opensource.org">pamela.chestek@opensource.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>All,<br><br>The Unicode License v3 was approved as an OSI Certified License in the <br>Special Purpose category of licenses at its Board meeting on November <br>17, 2023. The previous version of the license will be marked as superseded.<br><br>Pamela Chestek<br>Chair, License Committee<br>Open Source Initiative<br><br><br>On 11/12/2023 3:46 PM, Pamela Chestek wrote:<br>> Below is the recommendation of the License Committee for the Unicode <br>> License v3. I expect a vote on the license at the next Board meeting.<br>><br>> Pamela Chestek<br>> Chair, License Committee<br>> Open Source Initiative<br>><br>> License: Unicode License v3 (Exhibit A)<br>> Submitted: August 23, 2023, <br>> <a href="http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2023-August/005404.html" target="_blank">http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2023-August/005404.html</a> <br>><br>> Decision date: due no later than the first Board meeting after October <br>> 23, 2023<br>><br>> License Review Committee Recommendation:<br>><br>> Resolved that it is the opinion of the OSI that the Unicode License be <br>> approved as an Open Source Initiative Certified license in the Special <br>> Purpose category of licenses.<br>><br>> The previous version of the license, Unicode, Inc. License Agreement – <br>> Data Files and Software, available at <br>> <a href="https://opensource.org/license/unicode-inc-license-agreement-data-files-and-software/" target="_blank">https://opensource.org/license/unicode-inc-license-agreement-data-files-and-software/</a>, <br>> will be marked as superseded.<br>><br>> Rationale Document<br>><br>> Notes: This is a revision of the OSI-approved “Unicode, Inc. License <br>> Agreement – Data Files and Software,” a permissive license. The <br>> license submitter summarized the changes as follows:<br>><br>> 1. The “Copyright and Permission Notice” has been moved to the top of <br>> the license, to make clear that the “Notice to User” must be <br>> reproduced with any distribution of software or data licensed under <br>> the license, per the permission section.<br>> 2. The copyright notice has been genericized so as to not be specific <br>> to the Unicode Consortium or the recited years (which themselves are <br>> out of date).<br>> 3. The “All rights reserved” statement has been removed, as it is no <br>> longer required under Berne and is also misleading given the <br>> permissive nature of 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 <br>> from leading to dead links or modified links that could be altered in <br>> a way contrary to the OSD).<br>> 5. The recitation of “Unicode” data files and “Unicode” software has <br>> been removed to genericize the license for use by entities other than <br>> Unicode.<br>> 6. The defined terms “Data Files” and “Software” have been genericized <br>> to apply to any data files or software to which the license is applied.<br>><br>> None of the changes affect the rights granted. No one objected to <br>> approval of the license. The licensor also asked that the previous <br>> version of the license be marked as superseded.<br>><br>> Exhibit A<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, AND/OR <br>> SOFTWARE, YOU UNEQUIVOCALLY ACCEPT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY, ALL OF <br>> THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO <br>> NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, COPY, DISTRIBUTE OR USE THE DATA FILES OR <br>> SOFTWARE.<br>><br>> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining <br>> a copy of data files and any associated documentation (the "Data <br>> Files") or software and any associated documentation (the "Software") <br>> to deal in the Data Files or Software without restriction, including <br>> without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, <br>> distribute, and/or sell copies of the Data Files or Software, and to <br>> permit persons to whom the Data Files or Software are furnished to do <br>> so, provided that either (a) this copyright and permission notice <br>> 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 WARRANTY OF <br>> ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE <br>> WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND <br>> 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 FROM LOSS <br>> OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE <br>> OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE <br>> OR PERFORMANCE OF THE DATA FILES OR SOFTWARE.<br>><br>> Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder <br>> shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use <br>> or other dealings in these Data Files or Software without prior written<br>> authorization of the copyright holder.<br>><br>><br>> On 8/23/2023 6:00 PM, McCoy Smith wrote:<br>>> The following request is for both an approval of an updated version <br>>> of an already-approved license, and a superseding of a <br>>> currently-approved license.<br>>> I am submitting this request on behalf of the Unicode Consortium, <br>>> the License Steward of both licenses, who I represent.<br>>> Summary: the Unicode Consortium is the License Steward of an <br>>> existing OSI-approved license, the Unicode Inc. License Agreement – <br>>> Data Files and Software: <br>>> <a href="https://opensource.org/license/unicode-inc-license-agreement-data-files-and-software/" target="_blank">https://opensource.org/license/unicode-inc-license-agreement-data-files-and-software/</a> <br>>> A new version of that license has been created, to address certain <br>>> suboptimal terms in the license, and to genercize it so that it may <br>>> be used by entities other than the Unicode Consortium. The new <br>>> version is being renamed the “Unicode License v3” to shorten the name <br>>> and to address the fact that a slightly revised version of the <br>>> OSI-approved text has been used since the approval of the text by <br>>> OSI. The current text can be found here: <br>>> <a href="https://www.unicode.org/license.txt" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/license.txt</a> (note that that copy is slightly <br>>> different than the copy submitted for approval, in that it contains a <br>>> Unicode copyright notice with relevant years; for the text submitted <br>>> for approval by OSI, the copyright notice and years have been <br>>> indicated as "fill in the blanks."). It is also currently being used <br>>> in Unicode's Github repository, for example, here: <br>>> <a href="https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/LICENSE" target="_blank">https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/LICENSE</a><br>>><br>>> The Unicode Consortium is seeking approval of the new license. At the <br>>> same time, the Unicode Consortium is seeking superseding of the <br>>> currently-approved license text on the OSI website. For sake of <br>>> completeness, I have filled out both the “For Approval” information <br>>> for the new license, and the “For Retirement” information for the old <br>>> license (even though this is not a retirement but instead a <br>>> supersedence: i.e., the new version is the preferable version of the <br>>> license going forward, but any code using the old license remains <br>>> under an OSI approved license).<br>>> For Approval<br>>> Rationale: The new license was created in order to address certain <br>>> drafting ambiguities and implementation complexities in the <br>>> currently-approved license with OSI. Namely, the following changes <br>>> have been made (I have attached a marked up version of the license in <br>>> LibreOffice and Adobe Acrobat so that the changes can be more easily <br>>> seen):<br>>> 1. The “Copyright and Permission Notice” has been moved to the top of <br>>> the license, to make clear that the “Notice to User” must be <br>>> reproduced with any distribution of software or data licensed under <br>>> the license, per the permission section.<br>>> 2. The copyright notice has been genericized so as to not be specific <br>>> to the Unicode Consortium or the recited years (which themselves are <br>>> out of date).<br>>> 3. The “All rights reserved” statement has been removed, as it is no <br>>> longer required under Berne and is also misleading given the <br>>> permissive nature of 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 <br>>> an external source for its defined terms (and also prevent defined <br>>> terms from leading to dead links or modified links that could be <br>>> altered in a way contrary to the OSD).<br>>> 5. The recitation of “Unicode” data files and “Unicode” software has <br>>> been removed to genericize the license for use by entities other than <br>>> Unicode.<br>>> 6. The defined terms “Data Files” and “Software” have been <br>>> genericized to apply to any data files or software to which the <br>>> license is applied.<br>>> Distinguish: Compare to and contrast with the most similar <br>>> OSI-approved license(s)<br>>> The most similar OSI-approved license is the predecessor Unicode <br>>> Consortium, Inc. License Agreement – Data Files and Software. The <br>>> manner in which the submitted license differs is set forth above and <br>>> in the attached mark-up.<br>>> Legal review: Describe any legal review the license has been through, <br>>> and provide results of any legal analysis if available.<br>>> The license has been reviewed by Unicode external counsel (me) as <br>>> well as Unicode’s general counsel.<br>>> Proliferation category: Recommend which license proliferation <br>>> category is appropriate<br>>> This license should be in the same category as its predecessor <br>>> (“Special Purpose”), given that it addresses both software and data <br>>> files.<br>>><br>>> License Text:<br>>> The license text requested to be approved is reproduced below (for <br>>> those of you who to not wish to review, or do not receive the <br>>> attachments).<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 BOUND BY, <br>>> ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT <br>>> AGREE, DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, COPY, DISTRIBUTE OR USE THE DATA <br>>> FILES OR SOFTWARE.<br>>><br>>> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining <br>>> a copy of data files and any associated documentation (the "Data <br>>> Files") or software and any associated documentation (the "Software") <br>>> to deal in the Data Files or Software without restriction, including <br>>> without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, <br>>> distribute, and/or sell copies of the Data Files or Software, and to <br>>> permit persons to whom the Data Files or Software are furnished to do <br>>> so, provided that either (a) this copyright and permission notice <br>>> 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 WARRANTY OF <br>>> ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE <br>>> WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND <br>>> 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 FROM LOSS <br>>> OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE <br>>> OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE <br>>> USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE DATA FILES OR SOFTWARE.<br>>><br>>> Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder <br>>> shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, <br>>> use or other dealings in these Data Files or Software without prior <br>>> written<br>>> authorization of the copyright holder.<br>>> ===========================================================================================================================================================<br>>><br>>> For Retirement<br>>> Version: Specify exactly which version is being retired<br>>> The current OSI-approved version, found here: <br>>> <a href="https://opensource.org/license/unicode-inc-license-agreement-data-files-and-software/" target="_blank">https://opensource.org/license/unicode-inc-license-agreement-data-files-and-software/</a><br>>> Successor: Identify successor license(s), if any.<br>>> The new version of the license, submitted at the same time with the <br>>> request for retirement/supersedence, above.<br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and not <br>>> necessarily those of the Open Source Initiative. 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