Bug #87340 for Encode: Unicode Mappping tables are missing Unicode Inc. license notification

Fri Jul 26 02:42:09 2013 ppisar [...] redhat.com - Ticket created

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Unicode Mappping tables are missing Unicode Inc. license notification

Encode-2.51 contains ucm directory with Unicode Mappings tables. E.g. ucm/8859-1.ucm starts with: # # $Id: 8859-1.ucm,v 2.0 2004/05/16 20:55:19 dankogai Exp $ # # Original table can be obtained at # http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/ISO8859/8859-1.TXT # However linked <http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/ISO8859/8859-1.TXT> states: # Copyright (c) 1991-1999 Unicode, Inc. All Rights reserved. # # This file is provided as-is by Unicode, Inc. (The Unicode Consortium). # No claims are made as to fitness for any particular purpose. No # warranties of any kind are expressed or implied. The recipient # agrees to determine applicability of information provided. If this # file has been provided on optical media by Unicode, Inc., the sole # remedy for any claim will be exchange of defective media within 90 # days of receipt. # # Unicode, Inc. hereby grants the right to freely use the information # supplied in this file in the creation of products supporting the # Unicode Standard, and to make copies of this file in any form for # internal or external distribution as long as this notice remains # attached. It's possible your UCM files from 2004 did not contain this license notice, but current files request `this notice to remain attached'. This way or another, I think the ucm directory is missing the Unicode copyright and license notice (embedded into each file or as standalone file).

Tue Aug 13 22:28:11 2013 DANKOGAI [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Thank you. It is now addressed as: https://github.com/dankogai/p5-encode/commit/8414f1c97f84544ce400164bf605042a6400a4c1 Dan the Maintainer Thereof On Fri Jul 26 02:42:09 2013, ppisar wrote: Show quoted text

> Encode-2.51 contains ucm directory with Unicode Mappings tables. E.g. > ucm/8859-1.ucm starts with: > > # > # $Id: 8859-1.ucm,v 2.0 2004/05/16 20:55:19 dankogai Exp $ > # > # Original table can be obtained at > # http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/ISO8859/8859-1.TXT > # > > However linked <http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/ISO8859/8859- > 1.TXT> states: > > # Copyright (c) 1991-1999 Unicode, Inc. All Rights reserved. > # > # This file is provided as-is by Unicode, Inc. (The Unicode > Consortium). > # No claims are made as to fitness for any particular purpose. > No > # warranties of any kind are expressed or implied. The > recipient > # agrees to determine applicability of information provided. If > this > # file has been provided on optical media by Unicode, Inc., the > sole > # remedy for any claim will be exchange of defective media > within 90 > # days of receipt. > # > # Unicode, Inc. hereby grants the right to freely use the > information > # supplied in this file in the creation of products supporting > the > # Unicode Standard, and to make copies of this file in any form > for > # internal or external distribution as long as this notice > remains > # attached. > > It's possible your UCM files from 2004 did not contain this license > notice, but current files request `this notice to remain attached'. > > This way or another, I think the ucm directory is missing the Unicode > copyright and license notice (embedded into each file or as standalone > file).

Tue Aug 13 22:28:11 2013 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Tue Aug 13 22:28:12 2013 DANKOGAI [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Fri Aug 16 06:08:52 2013 fschlich [...] zedat.fu-berlin.de - Correspondence added

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fschlich [...] zedat.fu-berlin.de

Hi, On Tue Aug 13 22:28:11 2013, DANKOGAI wrote: Show quoted text

> Thank you. It is now addressed as: > > https://github.com/dankogai/p5- > encode/commit/8414f1c97f84544ce400164bf605042a6400a4c1

I think the addition of this text, even though contained in the data files they make available for download, is a little bit unfortunate, or perhaps misleading. Show quoted text

> > # Unicode, Inc. hereby grants the right to freely use the > > information > > # supplied in this file in the creation of products supporting > > the > > # Unicode Standard, and to make copies of this file in any form > > for > > # internal or external distribution as long as this notice > > remains > > # attached.

This does not explicitly permit modification or the distribution of modifications, and as such fails to meet the criteria of the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Unicode, Inc. have however relicensed their software and data under a DFSG-free license, as can be seen at http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html#Exhibit1, without changing the comment headers of their data files. May I suggest including a file ucm/LICENSE containing the following text: --8<--- Files in this directory were downloaded from http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/ They are covered by the following copyright and licensing: Copyright © 1991-2013 Unicode, Inc. All rights reserved. Distributed under the Terms of Use in http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of the Unicode data files and any associated documentation (the "Data Files") or Unicode software and any associated documentation (the "Software") to deal in the Data Files or Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Data Files or Software, and to permit persons to whom the Data Files or Software are furnished to do so, provided that (a) the above copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear with all copies of the Data Files or Software, (b) both the above copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in associated documentation, and (c) there is clear notice in each modified Data File or in the Software as well as in the documentation associated with the Data File(s) or Software that the data or software has been modified. THE DATA FILES AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE DATA FILES OR SOFTWARE. Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in these Data Files or Software without prior written authorization of the copyright holder. --->8-- thanks for caring about licensing, Florian

Fri Aug 16 06:09:16 2013 fschlich [...] zedat.fu-berlin.de - Status changed from 'resolved' to 'open'