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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:49:46 +0100
Reply-To: Marcus Boerger <helly@php.net>
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To: Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] JSON inclusion in core
From: helly@php.net (Marcus Boerger)

Hello Rasmus,

Friday, January 20, 2006, 8:31:58 PM, you wrote:

> 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.

I don't care for the lib itself whether we bundle or not. The extension
should however change to PHP License just like XmlWriter needed to change.

Best regards,
 Marcus