Re: [boost] Referencing Boost.Iostreams in the documentation of a non-boost library

Subject: Re: [boost] Referencing Boost.Iostreams in the documentation of a non-boost library
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-09-23 06:13:35

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Gene Panov
> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 5:07 AM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [boost] Referencing Boost.Iostreams in the documentation of a non-boost library
> 
> Boost Experts,
> 
> I am a fan of Boost.Iostreams and I am referencing them several times in the documentation of a
little
> library that I wrote and posted on Google Code under "New BSD license"
> (https://code.google.com/p/async-ostream/).
> 
> Do I need to provide a full URL or copyright information or anything else to make such reference
to
> Boost.Iostreams legally sound? Or shall I just switch to use Boost Software License instead to
keep it simple?

Using Boost Software License for your code is certainly simple.

All files should include this text

// Copyright Gene Panov 2013
// Use, modification and distribution are subject to the
// Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
// (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt
// or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

(all files means all source and all documentation files).

To be acceptable as a candidate Boost library, the files must be in the Boost file format (.hpp not
.h)  and be buildable using bjam (aka b2).

HTH

Paul

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