FYI. Official statement from VP Legal regarding use of json.org <http://json.org/> licensed code.
-Taylor > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> > Subject: JSON License and Apache Projects > Date: November 23, 2016 at 9:08:30 AM EST > To: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > > As some of you may know, recently the JSON License has been > moved to Category X (https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved#category-x). > > I understand that this has impacted some projects, especially > those in the midst of doing a release. I also understand that > up until now, really, there has been no real "outcry" over our > usage of it, especially from end-users and other consumers of > our projects which use it. > > As compelling as that is, the fact is that the JSON license > itself is not OSI approved and is therefore not, by definition, > an "Open Source license" and, as such, cannot be considered as > one which is acceptable as related to categories. > > Therefore, w/ my VP Legal hat on, I am making the following > statements: > > o No new project, sub-project or codebase, which has not > used JSON licensed jars (or similar), are allowed to use > them. In other words, if you haven't been using them, you > aren't allowed to start. It is Cat-X. > > o If you have been using it, and have done so in a *release*, > AND there has been NO pushback from your community/eco-system, > you have a temporary exclusion from the Cat-X classification thru > April 30, 2017. At that point in time, ANY and ALL usage > of these JSON licensed artifacts are DISALLOWED. You must > either find a suitably licensed replacement, or do without. > There will be NO exceptions. > > o Any situation not covered by the above is an implicit > DISALLOWAL of usage. > > Also please note that in the 2nd situation (where a temporary > exclusion has been granted), you MUST ensure that NOTICE explicitly > notifies the end-user that a JSON licensed artifact exists. They > may not be aware of it up to now, and that MUST be addressed. > > If there are any questions, please ask on the [email protected] > list. > > -- > Jim Jagielski > VP Legal Affairs > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
