Re: [boost] Boost licensing information

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost licensing information
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-04-13 12:47:36

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 5:29 AM, Niall Douglas via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> > Irrespective of the merits of the various licences, I would remind
> > everyone that it took us the better part of 2 years last time we changed
> > licences... and Boost has grown immeasurably larger since then.   I am
> > emphatically not going to take on that task again, if someone else wants
> > to volunteer, I can only wish them good luck - they will most certainly
> > need it!
>
> New libraries can be licensed under improved licences so long as they
> are compatible with the Boost licence and meet the licence requirements
> at http://www.boost.org/development/requirements.html.
>

Good point indeed.. But so far in this thread non of the licenses mentioned
meet those requirements. Perhaps someone, with legal acumen, could go the
OSS licenses <https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical> and indicate
which ones meet the Boost requirements.

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