[boost] Re: License Revision

From: Guillaume Melquiond (gmelquio_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-22 11:04:10

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Philippe A. Bouchard wrote:

> So if a company sales a product based on Boost (executable form), it won't
> be necessary to include the Boost License in the license agreement of the
> commercial product?
>
> IMO it should be there.

It has always been one of the requirements [1] of a Boost library: its
license "must not require that the license appear with executables or
other binary uses of the library." So it isn't something that has suddenly
been added with this general license thing.

Regards,

Guillaume

[1] http://www.boost.org/more/lib_guide.htm