Re: [boost] [SoC] License question

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-21 08:55:18

Hugh Wimberly wrote:
> 
> Woah. I didn't really expect that response. The reason I initially asked is
> that I remember a few years back when a substantial portion of the code to
> Windows 2000 (I think?) was leaked, and some people expressed concerns that
> they could be exposed to lawsuits if they even looked at the code and then
> at a later date wrote some code for an operating system that performed
> something similar. However, I think those concerns (if they make sense at
> all) would be more over patent law than copyright law.

Patents aside for a moment, see

http://digital-law-online.info/lpdi1.0/treatise21.html

and especially

http://digital-law-online.info/lpdi1.0/treatise22.html

regards,
alexander.