Re: [boost] Previously GPL'd Code

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-30 10:30:04

"Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Glenn --
>
> Since this mail seems to have been buried in the usual wave of
> boost mail, I'll take a stab at it so you at least get a response - FWIW...
>
>  
>> A licensing question for everyone:
>> 
>> Is there any problem with submitting, for possible inclusion in
>> Boost, a library that was previously released under the GNU GPL?
>> The submission would, in its new incarnation, be covered by a
>> license that meets the Boost criteria. It would be submitted by
>> the original copyright holders and would include no modifications
>> made by others who received the library under the GPL.
>
> Since the original copyright holders are effectively changing the terms
> I don't see why this would present a problem -- they are certainly free
> to change the terms.

I have not answered because IANAL, so I have no clue whether this is
legally sound or not.

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