Re: [boost] [SoC] License question

From: Hugh Wimberly (hugh.wimberly_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-21 08:18:34

Woah. I didn't really expect that response. The reason I initially asked is
that I remember a few years back when a substantial portion of the code to
Windows 2000 (I think?) was leaked, and some people expressed concerns that
they could be exposed to lawsuits if they even looked at the code and then
at a later date wrote some code for an operating system that performed
something similar. However, I think those concerns (if they make sense at
all) would be more over patent law than copyright law.

I think it's fairly (?) clear that using code from other projects licensed
under the GPL to gain knowledge about the algorithms so that I can implement
them in a different context is okay, and that's what I intended to do all
along.

Regards,
Hugh

On 3/21/07, Alexander Terekhov <terekhov_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Forgot one thing...
>
> Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> >
> > Martin Wille wrote:
> >
> > [... "combining" ...]
> >
> > > However, it is not possible to relicense GPLed code under BSL (unless
> > > you're the copyright holder). The GPL is a lot less free than the
> Boost
> >
> > http://www.usfca.edu/law/determann/softwarecombinations060403.pdf
>
> Consider also
>
> http://www.law.washington.edu/LCT/Events/FOSS/MootFacts.pdf
> (Moot Court Statements of Fact)
>
> http://www.law.washington.edu/LCT/Events/FOSS/OmegaBrief.pdf
> (Omega Plaintiff's Brief)
>
> http://www.law.washington.edu/LCT/Events/FOSS/AlphaBrief.pdf
> (Alpha Defendant's Brief)
>
>
> http://www.law.washington.edu/LCT/Events/FOSS/media/03.%20Beyond%20the%20Basics%20-%20Moot%20Court.mp3
> (Hearing and Q&A)
>
> -------
> The Scope of "Derivative Works" as Applied to Software: David Bender
> of White & Case LLP and author of Computer Law and Ieuan Mahony of
> Holland & Knight LLP will argue the proper scope of "derivative work"
> under U.S. copyright law when applied to software, before a panel of
> distinguished federal appellate judges:
>
>
> * HONORABLE WILLIAM C. BRYSON, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
>    Federal Circuit
> * HONORABLE HALDANE ROBERT MAYER, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
>    Federal Circuit
> * HONORABLE MARGARET MCKEOWN, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
>    Ninth Circuit
> -------
>
> Hth.
>
> regards,
> alexander.
>
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