[HIVE-15144] JSON.org license is now CatX

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.0, 2.3.0, 3.0.0
• Assignee: Owen O'Malley
• Reporter: Robert Kanter
• Created: 07/Nov/16 21:18
• Updated: 27/Jun/23 13:54
• Resolved: 11/Jul/17 22:16

Description

per update resolved legal:

CAN APACHE PRODUCTS INCLUDE WORKS LICENSED UNDER THE JSON LICENSE?

No. As of 2016-11-03 this has been moved to the 'Category X' license list. Prior to this, use of the JSON Java library was allowed. See Debian's page for a list of alternatives.

I'm not sure when this dependency was first introduced, but it looks like it's currently used in a few places:
https://github.com/apache/hive/search?p=1&q=%22org.json%22&utf8=%E2%9C%93

Issue Links

• is related to: HIVE-27466 Remove obsolete reference to category-X JSON license from NOTICE
• is related to: OOZIE-2723 JSON.org license is now CatX
• relates to: HIVE-15161 migrate ColumnStats to use jackson
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #188

Sub-Tasks

• migrate ColumnStats to use jackson: Resolved
• replace org.json usage in ExplainTask/TezTask related classes with some alternative: Patch Available
• replace org.json usage in EximUtil with some alternative: Patch Available
• replace org.json usage in branch-1 with as minor changes as possible: Resolved
• Add unit tests for org.json usage on branch-1: Resolved
• Add unit tests for org.json usage on master: Closed