Re: [boost] Is it legal to reuse code snippets from a boost library inmy own library?

From: Joaquín Mª López Muñoz (joaquin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-09 09:27:13

Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden] ha escrito:

> Joaquín Mª López Muñoz wrote:
> > Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden] ha escrito:
> > > Hello,
> > > I'de like to ask if it is legal to reuse code snippets from a boost
> > > library in my own library which is also licenced under
> > boost licence?
> > > Regards,
> > > Oliver
> >
> > As I understand the wording of the license, to include part
> > of the code in your work you must
> >
> > a) reproduce the copyright statement
> > b) reproduce the license text
> >
> > Since you are also operating under BSL, b) is already
> > fullfiled, so you only need do the a) part, possibly in the
> > form of a comment above the pasted snippet with the original
> > copyright notice.
>
> What if it is not a 1-to-1 copy of the code, e.g. I use a solution of a problem or
> a class design (but with minir changes)?

IANAL, but this seems to me to fall under the "derivative work" definition,
subject to the same limitations as pure copy&paste.

Joaquín M López Muñoz
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