Re: [boost] License updates for 1.30.2

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-15 21:15:17

At 09:30 AM 9/15/2003, Peter Dimov wrote:

 >Beman Dawes wrote:
 >>
 >> Physically, that means editing all source files to reflect the new
 >> license. Here is what the start of C++ source files should look like:
 >>
 >> //  foo library header
 >>
 >> //  Copyright Jane Programmer, 2003.
 >> //  See accompanying license for terms and conditions of use.
 >
 >Shouldn't this be:
 >
 >// See Boost Software License Version 1.0 for terms and conditions of 
use.

That question came in discussions with the lawyers. The short answer was 
"no".

I'm having trouble remember the full rationale, but gist of it was that 
there isn't a need to identify the version, since the license is included 
in the distribution.

--Beman