Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63520&edit=1
ID: 63520
Comment by: v3qqd2w4 dot ov0 at 20minutemail dot com
Reported by: kaplan at debian dot org
Summary: JSON extension includes a problematic license
statement
Status: Assigned
Type: Bug
Package: JSON related
PHP Version: Irrelevant
Assigned To: remi
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
I hate to add to the noise, but has anyone pointed out to JSON that leaving it
to a court to interpret "shall be used for Good, not Evil" is a highly
unpredictable outcome? The entire license could be invalidated -- since it has
no severability clause -- meaning nobody except the copyright owner is allowed
to use any of the JSON code for anything. Is that really a potential outcome
that they want?
Previous Comments:
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[2013-08-28 10:26:30] [email protected]
I'd be more than happy to see a json extension drop-in. Obviously we cannot
change the license without the authors permissions, so a drop-in would be the
best approach.
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[2013-08-28 09:20:59] [email protected]
Besides the license issue, which is a problem but not a php one, Remi's new
extension brings its lot of nice new stuff.
Please leave this open and add a link to the new extension and RFC, to avoid
endless confusion here.
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[2013-08-28 08:02:41] [email protected]
This issue need to be discussed by all PHP developers.
I plan to submit a RFC in a few days.
This bug will be closed according to the vote result.
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[2013-08-28 07:51:20] [email protected]
Keep this open.
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[2013-08-28 07:39:35] [email protected]
Why do you guys even argue about this?
This is not a problem of PHP. It is a problem of Debian. If they don't like the
license then they can just replace the code. Or they can go forward and drop
the
whole PHP package from their distribution. (Which is the usual threat from
Debian
mainteiners.)
Not a bug in PHP.
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