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Subject: Re: [boost] BOOST license & GPL
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-04-02 04:24:31


Am 02.04.2017 12:13 vorm. schrieb "Niklas Angare via Boost" <
boost_at_[hidden]>:

"Oliver Kowalke via Boost" <boost_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> 2017-04-01 21:27 GMT+02:00 Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]>:
>
> > If I understand it correctly, the copied boost code is now licensed >
>> under
>> > GPLv3
>>
>> Does their code distribution (as a package or VCS) contain BSL text?
>> Do the BSL-licensed files still contain the copyrights and a link to
>> the BSL?
>>
>
> The license statement of Kicad is: 'it is licensed under GPLv3' - the BSL
> ist not mentioned.
> Kicad has copied all files from the boost lib into one file - including all
> copyrigth statements + BSL
> (all put at the top of the file) - and a new library, which is now
> intergral part of kicad, was created.
>

Where have they included the full text of the BSL? I can't find it.

http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/doxygen/libcontext_8cpp_source.html


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