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Subject: JSON inclusion in core
From: rasmus@lerdorf.com (Rasmus Lerdorf)

pecl/json is a rather simple extension with no external deps (it bundles 
the small library it uses).  The JSON format is stable with no real 
possibility of changing basically by definition, and I see its use 
exploding this year.  There is also talk to a JSON Request object being 
added to browsers and if that happens we need to support that natively 
much like we support url-encoded form data ending up directly in $_POST. 
  I could see a $_JSON if browsers start sending this.  But, as an 
initial step how about we bundle pecl/json in the next release?

There is an issue with the fact that it is LGPL'ed.  But perhaps we can 
work with Omar to put at least the extension part under the PHP license 
when bundled with PHP.

-Rasmus