Re: [boost] Re: License updates for 1.30.2

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-15 21:29:24

At 11:42 AM 9/15/2003, David Abrahams wrote:
 >"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:
 >
 >> 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.
 >
 >I'm not sure if that's precisely the right answer, but I think it's on
 >the right track.  I *am* sure we haven't fully explored how references
 >to the detached license should work yet.

Well, it was explored to the extent that the particular "See accompanying 
license for terms and conditions of use" wording was approved by Devin 
Smith in an email dated 8/15.

 >Do we also need a stable URL at which v1.0 of the license can be
 >found even after LICENSE is replaced with v2.0?

No, because past releases (which include the license) are available both 
from CVS and the SourceForge release mechanism.

--Beman