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[jira] [Updated] (ARROW-14550) the json license is not compatible
with FSF standards
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-14550?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
attila lendvai updated ARROW-14550:
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Description:
as per [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:JSON]
{{"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).
Priority: Minor (was: Major)
Summary: the json license is not compatible with FSF standards (was: license)
> the json license is not compatible with FSF standards
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: ARROW-14550
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-14550
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: attila lendvai
> Priority: Minor
>
> as per [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:JSON]
>
> {{"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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