[Labs-l] Question: json license not free enough?

[Jérémie Roquet]

Hi,

2013/5/28 Johannes Kroll <johannes.kroll at wikimedia.de>:
> On Tue, 28 May 2013 09:58:59 +0200
> Silke Meyer <silke.meyer at wikimedia.de> wrote:
>>
>> Here: A toolserver user is running javascript validators (explained at
>> [1]) that are licensed under the json license [2]. He read that it's
>> not free enough because it states "The Software shall be used for
>> Good, not Evil."
>> Is this a reason to exclude a tool from running in Tool Labs? o_O
>
> I would hope so. Is this a joke license? It certainly can't be OSI
> approved... It would be fun to watch a court define the line between
> Good and Evil, though...

It's a non-free license anyway… which has already proven to be
problematic for some users such as IBM and Google, see
http://dev.hasenj.org/post/3272592502/ibm-and-its-minions or
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10422338-264.html .

Best regards,

-- 
Jérémie