Re: [boost] Re: License updates for 1.30.2

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-17 15:58:59

At 01:55 PM 9/17/2003, Peter Dimov wrote:
 >Beman Dawes wrote:
 >> Sorry, I haven't been clear. It is a "stable link" to a specific 
license
 >> that would be a disaster. It would negate our objective of having a
 >> single Boost license for all Boost libraries, because when the (even
 >> though rare) license changes occur, there would be sure to be some
 >> copyright holders who weren't reachable, and thus the licenses would
 >> diverge. Some would be version 1, some version 2, and so forth.
 >
 >We have this exact situation right now, by the way.

Yes, very much so. Moving to a single license should be a big improvement 
compared to the present situation where there are effectively many 
licenses.

--Beman