We cannot use code licensed under the JSON.org license—it’s Category X [1].
There is an alternative [2] from an ASF member that was the basis for geode-json. Can we use that? The packaging looks like org.json to me. Anthony [1] https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x [2] https://github.com/tdunning/open-json > On Mar 15, 2019, at 4:17 PM, Bruce Schuchardt <bschucha...@pivotal.io> wrote: > > There is a lengthy discussion about the org.json license & Apache here: > https://lwn.net/Articles/707510/ > > There is a precursor to open-json that I've successfully used to test the > geode-web-api module described here: > http://stackoverflow.com/a/34418410/2171120 > > On 3/15/19 2:06 PM, Bruce Schuchardt wrote: >> >> I've removed use of geode-json in non-test code and I'd like to remove it >> completely and just add a dependency on a org.json package in a Maven >> repository. The only one available is org.json though, so here's the >> question: Is acceptable to use org.json with it's silly license (see below) >> if we're not including it in our distribution? >> >> >> Copyright (c) 2002 JSON.org >> >> 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, sublicense, and/or sell copies >> of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is >> furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: >> >> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be >> included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. >> >> _*The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.*_ >> >> 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. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT >> HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, >> WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, >> OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER >> DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. >> >> Note: We can't use openjson, which is what geode-json is based on, because >> it's packaged as com.github.openjson instead of org.json. >>
