Re: [boost] Re: License updates for 1.30.2

From: Darren Cook (darren_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-17 09:24:22

> Aren't MIT and BSD different?  Why lump them together?

I had them that way to start, but there were almost the same so it seemed 
more natural to put them together.

>>Did I get that right and are there any other important differences?
> 
> I don't know.  My first impression is that what you wrote is too short
> to possibly be complete, 

I think we can link to the opensource.org site for people who care about 
being complete. I think all we need is a simple explanation of key 
differences for programmers skimming to decide if they should bother even 
evaluating Boost or not.

...in fact from that point of view how about:

Q. How is it different from the MIT or BSD license?
Basically the same. See http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php 
and http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.

Darren