[boost] Re: License updates for 1.30.2

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-17 10:30:08

Darren Cook <darren_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> 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.

Raises more problematic questions than it answers.  For example, "why
didn't you just use BSD then?!?!"

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Dave Abrahams
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