[boost] Re: License Conversion Update: Graph library incompatw/GPL

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-06 07:47:54

Walter Landry wrote:
[...]
> > http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/125_F3d_580.htm
> 
> The referenced case doesn't involve making copies, and turns on the
> particulars of visual art.  

Try to apply the same logic to software and incorporation of legal 
copies into "larger works". Copying is governed by the GPL Section 
1 and Section 3, not Section 2. For a "combined work" (compilation) 
you simply state something like 

"Portions Copyright ... <license>"

"Portions Copyright ... <license>"

and make sure that your distribution of the compilation in the 
object (binary) form complies with all those licenses/agreements.

In the case of reciprocal share-alike licenses like the GPL/CPL/OSL, 
that means making the source code of the XYL'd portions (including 
derivatives [aka modification/adaptations]) available to your 
licenses free of royalties.

regards,
alexander.