Re: License for "any" library

From: helmut.zeisel_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-10-16 00:06:48

--- In boost_at_y..., "James Talbut" <J.TALBUT_at_c...> wrote:

> Specifically, any.hpp states:
> "no charge may be made for the software and its documentation except
to
> cover cost of distribution."
> whereas the boost library requirements state that licenses:
> "Must grant permission to copy, use and modify the software for any
use
> (commercial and non-commercial) for no fee"
>  
> It is my interpretation that the any license prohibits commercial
use
> and thus contravenes the requirement.

I agree - IMHO the any license is not boost conform.

> Has this been discussed before?
> 

AFAIK, no; but there was a similar more general discussion, see

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/message/18140

Helmut