Re: [boost] Any libraries now not under the Boost Software License?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-27 18:51:05

on Sun May 27 2007, "John Maddock" <john-AT-johnmaddock.co.uk> wrote:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>>> Based on above research I could tell that only boost::ublas doesn't
>>> have BSL, while all the other files are simply a mistake that can be
>>> quickly corrected...
>>
>> In that case I vote for ripping ublas out of Boost unless and until
>> the authors fix it.  This is crazy; people have had long enough.
>
> I'm not sure about that: ublas was voted in under it's existing licence, the 
> authors didn't know at the time that we were about to change things :-)

I know it's slightly radical, but at the same time, the ublas authors
have made no efforts to integrate with the Boost community and if
their library is *still* holding back progress after all this time,
IMO it should be dropped.  Unlike Boost.Threads, IMO, it can still be
maintained as a project outside of Boost... which is sorta what
happens anyway IIUC.

> Still we should have another go at contacting them whatever,

Please do :)

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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