[boost] Re: Proposed change to license references

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-03 16:51:52

David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Given recent advice from Diane Cabell, director of Harvard's Berkman
> Center for Internet and Society, I propose we change the way that
> boost source files refer to the bost license 
>
> from:
>
>   //  Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software 
>   //  License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy 
>   //  at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)                             
>
> to:
>
>   // Distributed under the Boost
>   // Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
>   // LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
>
> The earlier license reference, by referring explicitly to "use,
> modification, and distribution", legally excludes important issues
> like "display", which are covered by the license itself and are
> intended to apply to source files.
>
> I'm posting this now to give people a chance to come up with any other
> issues -- **with the license reference comment**, not the license
> itself -- that may need to be addressed before we make a change.  If
> there are no new issues within a week or so, we'll make it official.

OK, an entry has been added to the license FAQ. Changes should appear
at http://boost-consulting.com/boost/more/license_info.html within
the hour.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com