Re: Making copyright holders easier to parse

From: Bo Persson (bo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-07-27 11:51:24

On 2019-07-27 at 13:04, Rene Rivera via Boost wrote:
> Not to discourage your effort but...
> 
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 7:44 PM Giovanni Mascellani via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
>>> /*
>>>   *          Copyright Andrey Semashev 2007 - 2015.
>>>   * 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)
>>>   */
>>
>> I might change this to:
>>
>>> /*
>>>   * Copyright: 2007-2015 Andrey Semashev
>>>   * License: Boost Software License, Version 1.0
>>>   * (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
>>>   * http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
>>>   */
>>
> 
> Both of those changes, to the attribution and licensing, would almost
> certainly require Boost to get legal consult. As the current template, as
> describe in <https://www.boost.org/users/license.html
> <https://www.boost.org/users/license.html#FAQ>> was a product of the
> original creation of the Boost Software License.
>

Sounds like a good idea.

Old US copyright laws specifically mention "Copyright" and "Copr." as 
proper forms, but says nothing about "Copyright:".

Wouldn't want to stuble on such a technicality, would we?  :-)

> Although I'm all for making the attributions and licensing consistent :-)
> 

Right.

    Bo Persson