If it's the infamous json.org stuff from crockford with the "not evil" license, then please don't use it: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-2383
Thomas Patrick Hunt: > Licenses that are specified as "Category A" (incl mit/bsd) are fine: > http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html > > Something like json.jar you should include the license alongside the jar > file (see what we do in src/java/lib for jline as an example). > > Patrick > > On 05/07/2010 10:54 AM, Ivan Kelly wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I'm looking at submitting a first drop of the log grapher some of you > > have seen. However, the drawing depends on a couple of javascript > > libraries which are MIT and BSD licensed and some other java libraries, > > org.restlet.jar and json.jar. The restlets shouldn't be a problem since > > there's a maven repo for it, so I should be able to pull it in through > > java. However json.jar has a "Do whatever you like as long as you keep > > this license" license? > > > > How have you dealt with these issues in the past if you've come across > > them? > > > > Regards > > Ivan Thomas Koch, http://www.koch.ro