Bug #63520 [Com]: JSON extension includes a problematic license statement

From: Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 22:01:39 +0000
Subject: Bug #63520 [Com]: JSON extension includes a problematic license statement
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 ID:                 63520
 Comment by:         kaplan@php.net
 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:

Stas: We (PHP) provide the code, and the eco system clearly has a problem with it. We could either
keep ignoring it while they provide a replacement code, or adopt it officially to make everyone
happy.


Previous Comments:
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[2013-08-22 21:52:19] shitty at gmail dot com

Not evil???????... come on!!!!!!!

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[2013-08-21 18:47:57] stas@php.net

How this is a PHP bug?

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[2013-07-17 15:18:33] remi@php.net

@seld Mandriva/Fedora/Debian have drop json non-free extension but provides jsonc dropin alternative
(php5-json 1.3.1 for debian).

So, your comment is not PHP related. See debian packager to have this package installed when needed
(pulled by main php package for Fedora).

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[2013-07-17 14:24:32] seld@php.net

What's the status here Remi? Can we have a regular Debian release including the JSON ext before
this hits testing/stable? We had a first issue on Composer today because someone was missing the
json ext [1], using Ubuntu 13.10. 

If this isn't resolved soon Ubuntu's next release won't have json enabled by default
and we'll have a support shitstorm on our hands, so please don't do Evil because of a
dubious license statement. Given the prevalence of JSON APIs and such these days, it's not just
Composer that will be affected, so removing it before having a replacement in place was really an
unhelpful decision IMO.

[1] https://github.com/composer/composer/issues/2092

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[2013-04-27 10:40:22] remi@php.net

Yes, I'm still working on the new alternative extension.

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