Re: [boost] Draft of new Boost Software License

From: Howard Hinnant (hinnant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-26 21:27:51

On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 07:51  PM, Beman Dawes wrote:

> A copyright, unlike a patent, just applies to the actual 
> representation. So unless another implementation actually made a 
> literal copy of the Boost code, the other implementation would not be 
> a derived work of the Boost code and so would not have to follow the 
> Boost license.
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Thanks Beman.  That was most informative and useful.

-Howard