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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.
<snip>

Thanks Beman. That was most informative and useful.

-Howard


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