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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-03 17:42:48

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> 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.

It might be more than fractional, since "is" implies that the license
only applies to a singular thing, "distribution".

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Dave Abrahams
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