[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 49508] RTL: Caret can paint over letters when in the end of a line in textareas

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49508





--- Comment #29 from mitz at webkit.org  2011-04-15 12:23:09 PST ---
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> > > > > patch w/ layout test
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> > > > > For layout test, add and load DroidSansHebrew font to avoid font differences between div/textarea defined in user agent for different platforms.
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> > > > Where does the font come from? Is its license compatible with the WebKit Open Source project?
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> > > It is an open source font, should be Apache license. It is used in Android.
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> > Thanks for clarifying this. The Apache license is not compatible with the WebKit Open Source project.
> 
> Thanks that you caught this.
> 
> What open license is compatible with WebKit open source project?

According to the Committer Guidelines, “All code committed to the WebKit SVN repository must be governed by either a BSD-style license (as listed below) or the LGPL 2.1, unless otherwise cleared by Apple in writing.”

> GPL? MPL? 
> How about OFL (http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL)?
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> Maybe I can use the following,  which is GPL 2 compliant?
> http://culmus.sourceforge.net/
> 
> Or do you have any suggestions?

I have a couple of suggestions:
1. Use a modified copy of one of the SVG fonts already in the LayoutTests directory, for example, LayoutTests/svg/custom/resources/SVGFreeSans.svg with a few glyph elements added for RTL characters (by duplicating existing glyphs)
2. Use a generic family (e.g. sans-serif) and have platform-dependent results (I am not sure what in the test requires it to use the same font on all platforms).

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