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ID: 63520 Comment by: v3qqd2w4 dot ov0 at 20minutemail dot com Reported by: kaplan at debian dot org Summary: JSON extension includes a problematic license statement Status: Assigned Type: Bug Package: JSON related PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: remi Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I hate to add to the noise, but has anyone pointed out to JSON that leaving it to a court to interpret "shall be used for Good, not Evil" is a highly unpredictable outcome? The entire license could be invalidated -- since it has no severability clause -- meaning nobody except the copyright owner is allowed to use any of the JSON code for anything. Is that really a potential outcome that they want? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-08-28 10:26:30] d...@php.net I'd be more than happy to see a json extension drop-in. Obviously we cannot change the license without the authors permissions, so a drop-in would be the best approach. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-08-28 09:20:59] paj...@php.net Besides the license issue, which is a problem but not a php one, Remi's new extension brings its lot of nice new stuff. Please leave this open and add a link to the new extension and RFC, to avoid endless confusion here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-08-28 08:02:41] r...@php.net This issue need to be discussed by all PHP developers. I plan to submit a RFC in a few days. This bug will be closed according to the vote result. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-08-28 07:51:20] r...@php.net Keep this open. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-08-28 07:39:35] ses...@php.net Why do you guys even argue about this? This is not a problem of PHP. It is a problem of Debian. If they don't like the license then they can just replace the code. Or they can go forward and drop the whole PHP package from their distribution. (Which is the usual threat from Debian mainteiners.) Not a bug in PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63520 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63520&edit=1