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Posted to dev@hive.apache.org by "Robert Kanter (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org> on 2016/11/07 21:18:58 UTC

[jira] [Created] (HIVE-15144) JSON.org license is now CatX

Robert Kanter created HIVE-15144:
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             Summary: JSON.org license is now CatX
                 Key: HIVE-15144
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-15144
             Project: Hive
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Robert Kanter
            Priority: Blocker
             Fix For: 2.2.0


per [update resolved legal|http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#json]:

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CAN APACHE PRODUCTS INCLUDE WORKS LICENSED UNDER THE JSON LICENSE?

No. As of 2016-11-03 this has been moved to the 'Category X' license list. Prior to this, use of the JSON Java library was allowed. See Debian's page for a list of alternatives.
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I'm not sure when this dependency was first introduced, but it looks like it's currently used in a few places:
https://github.com/apache/hive/search?p=1&q=%22org.json%22&utf8=%E2%9C%93



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