[boost] Re: Legal issues and licensing -- again

From: Bo Persson (bop2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-08 13:29:29

<Schalk_Cronje_at_[hidden]> skrev i meddelandet
news:BF37CB1153BBD6118A4B0002A542AC2B824B0E_at_dev-exchange1.eur.nai.com...
> I hate to have to bring these kind of things onto the list.  Our legal
department has gone through the licenses in the header files > and have
issues with two modules - dynamic_bitset and preprocessor. Both cases are
related to the fact that below the
> copyright message lines such as

> // With optimizations, bug fixes, and improvements by Gennaro Prota.
> and
> # /* Revised by Paul Mensonides (2002) */
>
> appear. They have an issue with the fact in both cases the person in
question did not add an additional copyright message.
> Now, I am at odds and ends here as I am not a legal expert, but I am of
the opinion that the legal department is wrong in this
> case. Can someone shed some light on this?
>

No, technically they are correct. Improvements and revisions are owned by
their respective author.

Unless permission is given, you might only be allowed to use the original
versions. :-)

Bo Persson
bop2_at_[hidden]