Re: [boost] Re: Boost License Issues

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-26 07:57:53

Alexander Terekhov <terekhov_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Sean Parent wrote:
> [...]
>> Dealing with copyright and patent issues in IP is all about risk management
>> for a corporation and limiting their exposure. The deeper the corporate
>> pockets the more conservative a stance the organization will tend to take.
>
> Right.
>
>> 
>> What Adobe looks for is that: ....
>
> Right.
>
> Public domain <http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/1390498> aside, 
> you might want to take a look at:
>
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl.php
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-cplfaq.html

Why? Is there something about these licenses which warrants our
attention more than the plethora of other open-source licenses
floating about? We probably can't review all of them...

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