[Pkg-javascript-devel] node-xregexp_3.1.1+dfsg-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Yadd]

On 2/4/23 14:00, Thorsten Alteholz wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> sorry, but I don't see the license text of Unicode-Expat on the websites you mention in the comment.
> Instead I see something like: "Modification is not permitted with respect to this document."
> So I don't think the license of the files in tools/data/ are compatible with DFSG.
> 
>    Thorsten

Hi,

these files exist also in liblayout sources, example: 
https://sources.debian.org/src/liblayout/0.2.10-5/resource/Blocks.txt/?hl=4#L4
and modified version of them are included in libreoffice (see 
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=Unicode+Character+Database)

So if they are not free, we should drop libreoffice from Debian too.

Upstream copyright isn't clear, on the given link you can find:

   [...]
   3 Further specifications of rights and restrictions pertaining to the
     use of the Unicode DATA FILES and SOFTWARE can be found in the
     Unicode Data Files and Software License
     <https://www.unicode.org/license.txt>.
   [...]

which points to the same text than added in node-xregexp (modified 
Expat), and

   [...]
   8 Modification is not permitted with respect to this document. All
     copies of this document must be verbatim
   [...]

So what can we do, consider node-xregexp as free or exclude libreoffice 
or maybe there is another solution?

Regards,
Yadd

Ref: https://www.unicode.org/copyright.html