Re: [boost] Draft of new Boost Software License

From: Gregory Colvin (gregory.colvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-02 12:51:02

On Wednesday, Jul 2, 2003, at 02:42 America/Denver, Paul A. Bristow 
wrote:
>
> | In non-Boost code, I've seen wording something like "See the attached
> | license; if it is missing see www.foo.org/license." Maybe something 
> like
> | that is what will be recommended.
> |
> | They've already signed off on the concept of a single copy of the 
> license.
> | It is just the exact way to refer to it that hasn't been finalized.
> |
> | --Beman
>
> May I suggest consideration of what happens in a decade or two when 
> boost.org
> might not longer exist to provide a reference, but we still need to 
> ensure that
> the license terms are still available.
>
> Would it be best to refer (additionally perhaps) to a Digital Object 
> Identifier
> (see doi.org) which provides a permanent reference to the actual 
> license file.
> So if boost.org is renamed, say, the reference is still correct 
> because it will
> be 'resolved' (in the DOI jargon) to a new location as boostTwo.org.

This seems like a lot more trouble than just pasting our
brief license into every source file.