Neil-
Unfortunately, the same license applies to the json.org code embedded in
WebConsole 3.0.0 through 3.1.8.

Regards,
Justin


On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Neil Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:

> Felix,
>
> I will not be able to use your aggregated bundle, and I think Graham would
> not be able to either. The problem is the license for the "org.json"
> package which you are proposing to embed and export, which contains the
> following unfortunate sentence:
>
>     "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil"
>
> While that may sound reasonable, I wish you luck finding two lawyers who
> agree on the definitions of "good" and "evil".
>
> This dependency is why I cannot use Webconsole 4.0, whether or not you
> import the package or export yourself.
>
> Regards,
> Neil
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Graham Charters <[email protected]
> >wrote:
>
> > Thanks, all, for the helpful info.  Felix, fwiw, I like your proposal.
>  The
> > purist in me doesn't particularly like aggregate bundles, but the
> > pragmatist accepts that they have a place.
> >
> > Regarding org.json, I looked for the Geronimo bundled version, and there
> > was one, but it was for a later version of the library (2009... not
> 2007).
> >  I've not tried building Web Console 4.0.0, so don't know what maven
> would
> > actually find and use.
> >
> > Regards, Graham.
> >
> >
> > On 21 November 2012 10:44, Darren <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > In the interest of fast deployment, I suggest the Felix project
> > revisits
> > > this and comes up with a webconsole-all bundle, which exports org.json,
> > > Commons IO and Commons FileUpload for ease of deployment. For more
> > > controlled, supported, or resource constrained we still have the
> default
> > > bundle, which only imports.
> > >
> > > For my (newcomer) situation, that would be ideal as bundles that work
> out
> > > of the box are more likely to get me experimenting with them.
> > >
> > > Documentation akin to what PAX web uses would also be helpful.  They
> have
> > > multiple bundles, but explain what each one is for, before introducing
> > the
> > > bundled bundle (pax-web-jetty-bundle).
> > > http://team.ops4j.org/wiki/display/paxweb/Artifacts
> > >
> > > If Web Console followed a similar strategy, it would also be useful to
> > > include more detailed instructions on how to meet the extra
> dependencies
> > > (as they are not all produced by the Web Console team).  The Felix
> > commons
> > > project looks like the right place to link to download from, but their
> > > documentation doesn't include download links.
> > > http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-commons.html
> > >
> > > Would it be possible to get json into Felix commons as well?
> > >
> > > If you don't have any influence over the Felix commons project, hosting
> > > the pom files you contributed to it would allow users to build the
> > > dependency bundles themselves.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Darren
> > >
> > >
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