Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/Version.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/Version.java	(revision 4235)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/Version.java	(revision 4237)
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
  */
 public class Version {
-    /** constant to indicate that the currnt build isn't assigned a JOSM version number */
+    /** constant to indicate that the current build isn't assigned a JOSM version number */
     static public final int JOSM_UNKNOWN_VERSION = 0;
 
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
         String s = null;
         try {
-            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(resource.openStream()));
+            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(resource.openStream(), "UTF-8"));
             StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
             for (String line = in.readLine(); line != null; line = in.readLine()) {