Re: [boost] License of endian and limits in Boost detail

Subject: Re: [boost] License of endian and limits in Boost detail
From: Rob Stewart (robertstewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-03-06 05:37:13

On Mar 6, 2013, at 4:49 AM, Philip Bennefall <philip_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> From: "Rob Stewart" <robertstewart_at_[hidden]>
> 
> On Mar 5, 2013, at 2:29 AM, Philip Bennefall <philip_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
>> * Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software
>> * and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
>> * provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
>> * that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear
>> * in supporting documentation.
>> 
>> This looks to me like it enforces inclusion of the above text in object code distributions,
> 
> IANAL, but I read that as only requiring the copyright notice in copies of the source and in the documentation, not in the binaries.
> 
> Do you mean the end user documentation accompanying binaries (e.g. the documentation of a derivative work)? That is the part I want to avoid.

That's what I meant, yes. I didn't say it was a good or convenient thing, however.

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Rob