[jira] [Resolved] (ARROW-14550) [C++][Go] the json license is not compatible with FSF standards

["Krisztian Szucs (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Krisztian Szucs resolved ARROW-14550.
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    Fix Version/s: 7.0.0
       Resolution: Fixed

Issue resolved by pull request 11596
[https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/11596]

> [C++][Go] 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
>          Components: C++, Go
>            Reporter: attila lendvai
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: licence, license, pull-request-available
>             Fix For: 7.0.0
>
>          Time Spent: 20m
>  Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> 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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