Re: [boost] Boost license

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-05 08:58:30

Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaks_at_[hidden]> writes:

D> A while ago there was a call for license reviews.  Various licenses were
> listed at:
>
>   http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost_License
>
> for review.  The STLPort license, which is available at:
>
>   http://www.stlport.org/doc/license.html
>
> was not listed (or at least does not seem to be).  Since it seems the
> spirit of boost is to provide libraries more in the spirit of "open source
> stl," I thought that this license might be more suitable than others, and
> in any case deserves to be reviewed or listed among possible licenses as
> well.  The license is composed of several parts, some of which are the
> result of earlier licenses in the history of STL.  The STLPort portion
> seems more open as it seems to make no requirement regarding non-STLPort
> documentation.

Hi Yitzhak,

That's a great idea.  Why don't you just add it to the list and do the
review?

Thanks,
Dave

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