[boost] How do we handle copyrights here? (Fwd: blanket-permission.txt)

From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-26 17:07:52

I noticed that some of my code is showing up in the inspection  
report.  Specifically, "boost/math/common_factor_rt.hpp" and a lot of  
Boost.Rational.  When I looked at the former file, I remembered why I  
never corrected those files before: I share the copyright for those  
files with Paul Moore, and I've never been able to find him again.   
(See my latest attempt below.)  Unless someone else here knows how to  
contact him (if he's still alive), what do we do?  Do we special-case  
those files to be skipped by the inspector?  Do we try re- 
implementing the interface in those files so they won't contain  
Paul's work?

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Paul Moore" <paul.moore_at_[hidden]>
> Date: July 25, 2008 2:15:06 PM EDT
> To: "Daryle Walker" <darylew_at_[hidden]>
> Subject: RE: [boost] blanket-permission.txt
>
> That's not me
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daryle Walker [mailto:darylew_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:08 AM
> To: Paul Moore
> Subject: [boost] blanket-permission.txt
>
> I got this address from looking at old Boost mailing list posts.  If
> you're that same Paul Moore, I wonder if you would consider adding  
> your
> name to the BOOST_ROOT/more/blanket-permission.txt list, to allow any
> material that has your copyright, in whole or in part, be shifted over
> to the Boost Software License.
>
> I ask this because I noticed that some files I maintain are under a  
> list
> with license check problems.  (The Boost files are run over with a  
> batch
> script that looks for such administrative problems.)  I wondered why I
> never fixed that problem, then when I read the file I remembered  
> that I
> never changed it because I couldn't find you to ask permission.  (The
> file in particular is "boost/math/ common_factor_rt.hpp", which we  
> share
> copyright on.)

-- 
Daryle Walker
Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie
darylew AT hotmail DOT com