<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">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)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The previous version has been marked superseded 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></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 3:38 AM Pamela Chestek <<a href="mailto:pamela.chestek@opensource.org">pamela.chestek@opensource.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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 The previous version of the license will be marked as superseded.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" rel="noreferrer" 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/" rel="noreferrer" 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/" rel="noreferrer" 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" rel="noreferrer" 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" rel="noreferrer" 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/" rel="noreferrer" 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>
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