Re: [boost] Re: Draft of new Boost Software License

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-27 17:55:03

At 01:26 PM 6/27/2003, Alisdair Meredith wrote:
 >Gregory Colvin wrote:
 >
 >> It seems that doing it by reference to a web page amounts to Boost
 >> reserving
 >> the right to change terms in the future, possibly to the disadvantage
 >> of the
 >> authors and users.  But I see lots of code that refers to the GPL that
 >> way,
 >> so this is another question for the lawyers.
 >
 >Oh, I'd missed that.  I assumed the link would reference the license in
 >the downloaded distribution, rather than the online version.  That way
 >you are bound to the license you downloaded, rather than a license
 >potentially changing without your notice.
 >
 >Plus, not all PCs with Boost distributions are going to have Internet
 >connections.  In these cases you really do need to include the license
 >with the distribution.  [Especially as you are binding distribution of
 >the license as a requirement (in appropriate circumstances)]

Yes, the link should certainly reference the license included in the 
distribution. But there needs to be a backup link to the web site so if the 
file gets separated from the distribution, there is still a way to reach 
the license, docs, etc.

Thanks,

--Beman