[Fedora-legal-list] Re: SPDX tag for this Unicode source license

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On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 4:05 PM Richard Fontana <rfontana@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 8:35 AM Peter Lemenkov via legal
> <legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hello! I've stumbled upon the following legal text (a bunch of usually
> > bundled UTF-conversion routines are licensed under this one):
> >
> > ```
> > Copyright 2001-2004 Unicode, Inc.
> >
> > Disclaimer
> >
> > This source code is provided as is by Unicode, Inc. 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
> > purchased on magnetic or optical media from Unicode, Inc., the
> > sole remedy for any claim will be exchange of defective media
> > within 90 days of receipt.
> >
> > Limitations on Rights to Redistribute This Code
> >
> > 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.
> > ```
> >
> > What's the proper SPDX tag for this one? License checking tool during
> > the fedora-review says its "Unicode strict" but license-fedora2spdx
> > doesn't know about this one although it is a quite popular one
> > according to GitHub
> >
> > * https://github.com/search?q="This+source+code+is+provided+as+is+by+Unicode%2C+Inc"&type=code
>  -infrastructure/new_issue
>
> This license is `LicenseRef-Unicode-legacy-source-code` and is *not-allowed*
> https://gitlab.com/fedora/legal/fedora-license-data/-/blob/main/data/LicenseRef-Unicode-legacy-source-code.toml?ref_type=heads

Ah snap.

> However, in at least some cases we've concluded that the license is
> irrelevant because it is associated with stuff that is presumed not to
> require a license. There have been other situations where a later,
> less problematic Unicode license was introduced to cover stuff
> purportedly covered by an earlier non-FOSS Unicode license. Please
> open an issue at fedora-license-data and we can review the specific
> case you're encountering.

I'm afraid in my case it cannot be ignored. I am trying to add
unshield application to Fedora which is used for extracting
InstallShield archives. The code licensed under
LicenseRef-Unicode-legacy-source-code is used for converting filenames
from UTF16 to UTF8. Good news I just reimplemented it under MIT
license, submitted upstream where my code was accepted already!

* https://github.com/twogood/unshield/pull/185
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2324996

-- 
With best regards, Peter Lemenkov.
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