Re: proposals

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-07-27 00:21:12

On 7/26/19 9:42 PM, VALERIU SMERICA via Boost wrote:
>   Hello. Is it possible to propose some data structures to be part of Boost
> that use code under the Apache 2.0 license? Are there any legal issues with
> this? I heard Apache 2.0 license was pretty permissive. Thanks.

Not as permissive as the Boost Software License. Though technically 
licenses other than BSL are permitted as long as Boost requirements[1] 
are met, this will me a major factor against your library during the 
review (for some, including myself, this is simply a non-starter).

Specifically Apache 2.0 does not meet Boost requirements at least 
because it requires to distribute the license along with binary forms of 
the code. It is also incompatible with GPLv2, which can be an issue for 
the current Boost users.

[1]: https://www.boost.org/development/requirements.html