Re: [boost] Do Jamfiles need copyrights?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-05 17:18:39

At 01:16 PM 2/5/2003, Martin Wille wrote:

 >Beman Dawes wrote:
 >> Bjorn Karlsson and I are wondering if Boost should require copyrights 
on
 >> Jamfiles.
 >
 >Jamfiles are part of the build system; they won't become part of
 >a an executable. So everything is fine when a vendor ships a
 >binary or a DLL.
 >
 >However, when Boost is incorporated to some other open source
 >project, missing copyrights and licences might become a problem.
 >
 >Moreover, copyright statements hinder evil-doers to wrongfully
 >claim ownership.
 >
 >I'm not a lawyer, so I'm just guessing, bit I think we should
 >put copyrights into Jamfiles, Makefiles and the like as well.

I'm convinced.

--Beman