Bug 14969 - icu license missing
Summary: icu license missing
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebCore Misc. (show other bugs)
Version: 523.x (Safari 3)
Hardware: All All
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Reported: 2007-08-15 02:53 PDT by Mike Hommey
Modified: 2007-08-15 11:42 PDT (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Mike Hommey 2007-08-15 02:53:01 PDT
In JavaScriptCore/icu and WebKit/icu, the ICU library headers are included, with the only copyright notice being:
Copyright (C) 1999-2004, International Business Machines
Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.

Which is surely not enough. You'd need to include the ICU license, which terms are the following:

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons
to whom the Software is furnished to do so, provided that the above
copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in all copies
of the Software and that both the above copyright notice(s) and this
permission notice appear in supporting documentation.

THE SOFTWARE IS 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 THIS 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
this Software without prior written authorization of the copyright holder.

All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
Comment 1 Alexey Proskuryakov 2007-08-15 03:18:02 PDT
WebKit doesn't include ICU - it relies on the library being provided by the OS (as is the case on Mac OS X), or by an embedding application (Safari 3 on Windows). I'm not sure if the "appear in all copies of the Software" clause applies in this case - maybe this needs to be brought to Apple lawyers for consideration.
Comment 2 Mike Hommey 2007-08-15 03:30:52 PDT
It includes ICU *headers*, look for yourself in JavaScriptCore/icu and WebKit/icu. See the README there as to why.
Comment 3 Darin Adler 2007-08-15 11:38:38 PDT
Sure, we could include the license. I don't think there's likely to be any practical problem here, but it's a lot easier to add a file named LICENSE than to debate the point.
Comment 4 Darin Adler 2007-08-15 11:42:33 PDT
Committed revision 25095.