[boost] Re: Draft of new Boost Software License

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-08 13:57:04

Alexander Terekhov <terekhov_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Glen Knowles wrote:
> [...]
>> The Common Public License already has a section in the wiki and fails
>> the boost requirements as shown.
>> http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost_License/Common_Public_License
>
> Yeah. That "review process" was really entertaining. Thanks for the 
> reminder. 

Glad we could brighten your day.

> "Must be simple to read and understand" is rather subjective, don't
> you think?

Yes.  That doesn't make it unimportant.

> As for "Must not require that the source code be available for
> execution or other binary uses of the library"... well, what's the
> problem? www.boost.org was pretty stable, thus far.

The problem is that we don't want to force companies to assume the
risk that www.boost.org will stick around.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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