Bug 1055917 - json-lib possibly contains "evil" MIT code
Summary: json-lib possibly contains "evil" MIT code
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: json-lib
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: gil cattaneo
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-01-21 08:47 UTC by Michal Srb
Modified: 2014-01-22 08:02 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-01-22 08:02:43 UTC
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Description Michal Srb 2014-01-21 08:47:05 UTC
Description of problem:

From pom.xml:
"This product includes software developed by Douglas Crockford (http://www.crockford.com)."

Douglas Crockford likes to release software under MIT license with infamous "evil" clause [1]: 

"The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil."

It is possible that library doesn't contain non-free code anymore. I cannot point to any specific source file. But I think we should at least try to contact upstream and ask for clarification.

[1]: http://www.json.org/license.html

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
json-lib-2.3-12


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