Re: [boost] Re: Do we have a licence text?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-03 13:45:06

At 11:32 AM 10/3/2003, David Abrahams wrote:

 >Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:
 >
 >> //  Copyright Jane Programmer 2002. Use, modification and distribution 
is
 >> //  subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See 
accompanying
 >> //  file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 >
 >Sorry to pick at nits, but shouldn't this be:
 >
 >//  Copyright Jane Programmer 2002. Use, modification, and distribution 
are
 >                                                     ^ 
^^^

That wording came from Devin Smith.

IIRC, the comma depends on the style guide you prefer.

My wife writes for newspapers that use the AP style guide, which explicitly 
says no comma. But others require the comma. I personally like the comma, 
and added it in my files. I think we should add the comma.

I'm worried that changing "is" to "are" might change the meaning, but "are" 
does seem fractionally better to me.

--Beman