Re: [boost] Re: Re: Proposed change to license references

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-22 21:19:50

At 03:26 AM 2/20/2004, David B. Held wrote:
 >"Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
 >news:4.3.2.7.2.20040219145425.031c90a0_at_mailhost.esva.net...
 >> At 01:54 PM 2/19/2004, David Abrahams wrote:
 >>  >"Paul A Bristow" <boost_at_[hidden]> writes:
 >>  >
 >>  >> A tiny typographic nitpick - Would it lie on the page more neatly 
as:
 >>  >>
 >>  >> // Copyright I M Booster 2002-2004.
 >>  >> // Distributed under 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)
 >>  >
 >>  >Maybe.  I was not trying to suggest, nor do I think I'd want to
 >>  >mandate, any particular use of line breaks in the comment.
 >>
 >> I second that. While Paul's choice of line breaks was a bit prettier,
 >> that's the sort of thing we traditionally leave up to the developer.
 >
 >How about the copyright line?  Should that always appear with the
 >license notice?

I'm having trouble envisioning a case where they shouldn't appear together. 
Do you have a specific situation in mind?

--Beman