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[jira] [Commented] (RYA-372) Replace org.json:json library with a compatibly licensed alternative

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RYA-372?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16168292#comment-16168292 ] 

ASF GitHub Bot commented on RYA-372:
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GitHub user DLotts opened a pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/incubator-rya/pull/227

    RYA-372 Excluded org.json:json for incompatible license

    ## Description
    >What Changed?
    Excluded org.json:json for incompatible license.  Apparently, the Giraph library depends on it, but does not need it.  
    
    ### Tests
    >Coverage?
    no new tests, old ones serve
    
    ### Links
    [Jira](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RYA-372)
    
    ### Checklist
    - [ ] Code Review
    - [X] Squash Commits
    
    #### People To Reivew
    anyone


You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running:

    $ git pull https://github.com/DLotts/incubator-rya RYA-372-JSON-replace

Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at:

    https://github.com/apache/incubator-rya/pull/227.patch

To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch
with (at least) the following in the commit message:

    This closes #227
    
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commit d1dc08a68cc7f9e519ea4403f769b72e132f3f2c
Author: David Lotts <da...@parsons.com>
Date:   2017-09-15T18:12:50Z

    Excluded org.json:json

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> Replace org.json:json library with a compatibly licensed alternative
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: RYA-372
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RYA-372
>             Project: Rya
>          Issue Type: Task
>    Affects Versions: 3.2.10
>            Reporter: David W. Lotts
>            Assignee: David W. Lotts
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 3.2.12
>
>
> the JSON library that we use is not compatible and should be replaced.
> As of 2016-11-03 this has been moved to the 'Category X' license list
> "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil."  from http://www.json.org/license.html 
> Consider replacing with this drop in replacement:
> https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.tdunning/json
> from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10396176/org-json-jar-provisioning
> other alternatives:
> https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/jsonevil
>   (provided without support or warranty) JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) (org.json:json:20090211 - http://www.json.org/java/index.html)
> See 36 other apache projects that have done this:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=text%20~%20%22JSON%20EVIL%22



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