Re: Boost.Text review

From: Gavin Lambert (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-06-25 23:52:32

On 26/06/2020 00:07, Phil Endecott wrote:
> # It is ok to redistribute this file "solely for informational
> # purposes in the creation of products supporting the Unicode Standard".
> # We don't nee to add a Boost License to this file: boostinspect:nolicense.
> 
> Note that I don't know who wrote that, nor where the "solely for
> informational purposes..." quote comes from.  And what are
> "informational purposes" anyway? - it doesn't sound to me as
> if that were written by a lawyer.
> 
> This really needs an expert to look at it, IMO.

That text appears at https://spdx.org/licenses/Unicode-TOU.html

Although that is perhaps an older version of the Unicode license, as it 
doesn't match what is at https://www.unicode.org/license.html (or at 
http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html)