Consider switching to org.json implementation without "don't be evil" license restriction

Expected behavior

It should be possible to use Jedis without needing to have lawyers accept the “don’t be evil” clause of org.json.

Actual behavior

As of commit 858c8051301854e8343eef66aa68c6b9dab1c328 Jedis has a mandatory dependency on org.json:json. This library has an unfortunate “don’t be evil” clause added to its MIT license which causes legal problems for some organizations.

See https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/jsonevil and https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#json for additional background.

Perhaps the library could be optional (similar to #2961) or replaced with com.vaadin.external.google:android-json which is a clean room implementation of the API without any license issues.

Steps to reproduce:

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Redis / Jedis Configuration

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Jedis version:

4.0 and above

Redis version:

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Java version:

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[vpavic]

I just learned that org.json:json recently changed their license to remove the The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil clause. Unfortunately, the replacement is something that appears to be ambiguous. See here for more details:

• https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/pull/688
• https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/issues/706

[sazzad16]

@philwebb WDYT about breaking Jedis in release 4.4.0 to resolve this issue?

References:

• #3205
• #3206