Re: [boost] Incompatible Boost license file in boost.container

Subject: Re: [boost] Incompatible Boost license file in boost.container
From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-09-08 14:11:35

El 08/09/2013 17:04, Philip Bennefall escribió:
> Hi all,
>
> I was looking at boost.container, and found that
> boost/container/deque.hpp has similar problems as
> boost/detail/endian.hpp had before that was fixed. Parts of deque.hpp
> seem to be covered by a license that is not compatible with the Boost
> software license. I quote:
>
> // Copyright (c) 1996,1997
> // Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.

I think there is no SGI code left in boost::deque after so many rewrites 
and modifications. The notice was removed from all other containers but 
I missed this for some reason.

Just googling a bit I've found that Boost.concept_check also has a SGI 
copyright notice:

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/doc/html/idp12138272-bb.html#concepts.reference

Best,

Ion