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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-03 17:41:42

"David B. Held" <dheld_at_[hidden]> writes:

> "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:u3ceagwv3.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
>> [...]
>> Sorry to pick at nits, but shouldn't this be:
>>
>> //  Copyright Jane Programmer 2002. Use, modification, and distribution
> are
>>                                                      ^
> ^^^
>> //  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)
>
> Do you mean the year and the comma?  

No, I mean is/are and the comma.

> I think the year should get updated too, but I think it's acceptable
> form to not include a comma before the conjunction in a list.  

Yes, I know.  The problem is that the last two items in such a list
can be misinterpreted as a single item with an embedded conjunction.
That may not matter at all in the case of our list; I dunno.

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Dave Abrahams
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