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attila lendvai commented on ARROW-14550:
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PR opened: [https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/11596]
(i'm not sure i properly understood what to remove, but hopefully i got it
right)
> [C++][Go] the json license is not compatible with FSF standards
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> Key: ARROW-14550
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-14550
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: C++, Go
> Reporter: attila lendvai
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: licence, license, pull-request-available
> Time Spent: 20m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> as per [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:JSON]
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> {{"This license uses the Expat license as a base, but adds a clause
> mandating: “The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.” This is a
> restriction on usage and thus conflicts with freedom 0. The restriction might
> be unenforcible, but we cannot presume that. Thus, the license is nonfree."}}
>
> multiple LICENSE.txt files contain a note:
>
> {{"To avoid the problematic JSON license in your own projects, it's
> sufficient to exclude the}}
> {{bin/jsonchecker/ directory, as it's the only code under the JSON license."}}
>
> to see them all: https://github.com/apache/arrow/search?q=jsonchecker
>
> but the mentioned directory is not present in the repo (anymore?).
>
> please clarify, or if appropriate, then just delete the reference to the JSON
> license, and with that make the project qualify for inclusion in e.g. Guix
> (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/51566).
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