Re: [text] Copyright notices

From: Zach Laine (whatwasthataddress_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-06-16 17:00:56

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 10:54 AM Zach Laine
<whatwasthataddress_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 11:20 AM Phil Endecott via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > 2. Some files have a copyright header which is not the Boost
> > licence.  Example:
> > https://github.com/tzlaine/text/blob/master/include/boost/text/transcode_algorithm.hpp
> >
> > This one has a requirement that binary distribution includes the
> > copyright notice, which is not a requirement of the Boost licence,
> > and will be problematic for some users.
> >
> > Are the only affected files the SIMD implementation, (c) Robert N
> > Steagall?  If so, can this be disabled (by default?) by the user
> > to avoid the copyright notice requirement?
>
> I can ask Bob for his permission to release these under the Boost
> license.  I'm certain he'll say yes.

Bob just gave his permission to relicense that code under the Boost
license.  That just leaves the issue with the ICU copyright.

Zach