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Neil Bartlett commented on FELIX-3773:
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Thanks for looking these up Felix. The first thread suggests that a specially
licensed version of the library, without the problematic clause, was obtained
by the ASF. Was that special version used for the embedded copy used in
WebConsole 3.x? For 4.0, the org.json package is no longer embedded, so
consumers who care about this licence will have to separately obtain the
specially-licensed version, assuming they can find it.
Irrespective of whether this clause is technically incompatible with the ASL, I
know that several organisations I work with cannot accept it. One of those for
example is the Eclipse Foundation.
I would have a strong preference for replacing the use of this library with a
more sensible alternative. I would be willing to work on this, so long as there
was a reasonable chance of my patch being accepted.
> WebConsole uses library with ASL-incompatible licence
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> Key: FELIX-3773
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-3773
> Project: Felix
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Web Console
> Affects Versions: webconsole-4.0.0
> Reporter: Neil Bartlett
> Priority: Critical
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> WebConsole uses the JSON library from json.org that contains the following
> term in its licence (http://www.json.org/license.html):
> "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil."
> I believe that this restriction is incompatible with the ASL.
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