[jira] [Commented] (ARTEMIS-565) Artemis use no free json.org

["clebert suconic (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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clebert suconic commented on ARTEMIS-565:
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Do you have any suggestions?

> Artemis use no free json.org
> ----------------------------
>
>                 Key: ARTEMIS-565
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARTEMIS-565
>             Project: ActiveMQ Artemis
>          Issue Type: Bug
>         Environment: Linux all
>            Reporter: gil cattaneo
>
> Hi,
> Fedora [1] is a popular distribution of the Linux operating system, and
> we wish to include the latest version of ActiveMQ Artemis [2] in our OS. 
> Fedora only contains Free and Open Source licensed works.
> Your project is licensed under Apache License Version 2,
> but your code pulls in code from json.org under Douglas Crockford’s bad licence [3], and is non-free [4].
> Such usage restriction makes the license incompatible with The Open Source Definition and
> The Free Software Definition. Because ActiveMQ Artemis binary distribution includes this software,
> it effectively becomes proprietary software itself.
> You may also comment that the json.org license is valid for You [5] but for many Linux distributions it is not acceptable.
> Hoping in the future to be able to use ActiveMQ Artemis in Fedora, without having to run into this problem.
> Please try to replace it with one of the many free alternatives.
> Regards
> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Project_Wiki
> [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343063
> [3]
> ./artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/json/JSONArray.java
> ./artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/json/JSONException.java
> ./artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/json/JSONObject.java
> ./artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/json/JSONString.java
> ./artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/json/JSONTokener.java
> [4]
> https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/jsonevil
> http://www.sonatype.com/people/2012/03/use-json-well-youd-better-not-be-evil/
> http://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article46/json-license
> [5] http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#json



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