[boost] Re: License updates for 1.30.2

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-24 18:33:46

Rene Rivera <grafik.list_at_[hidden]> writes:

> [2003-09-22] Beman Dawes wrote:
>
>>At 05:13 PM 9/21/2003, David Abrahams wrote:
>>
>> >> Unless someone comes forward with a strong
>> >> argument, I think we should leave the "the" in.
>> >
>> >We can leave the "the" in if there's a comma before "version", IMO.
>>
>>Yes, it definitely reads better with a comma. Let's go that route.
>>
>>To recap, the example comment will be:
>>
>>//  Copyright Jane Programmer 2002. Use, modification and distribution is
>>//  subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
>>//  file LICENSE-1.0 or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE-1.0)
>
> I just ran into a slight problem while incorporating changes for building
> Boost.Jam on VMS platforms... VMS enforces the file extension == file type
> rule, and hence will cause problems in dealing with "LICENSE-1.0" as a file.
> Would it be possible to use "LICENSE-1_0" instead? Or even "LICENSE-1_0.txt"
> :-)

I thought that might be an issue.  Sounds like a good solution to me.

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Dave Abrahams
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