RE: [jamboost] A few nits

From: bjorn.karlsson_at_[hidden]
Date: 2003-02-04 05:20:43

> From: Vladimir Prus [mailto:ghost_at_[hidden]]
> 
> I've fixed two of them and fill fix the last one later. 

Great! Thanks!

> 
> > tools/build/examples-v2/hello/hello.cpp: missing copyright
> 
> Egh... is that really required to have a copyright in this 
> file? That's
> "hello world" application!

Well, maybe it's not really necessary, but the testing program is quite
crude, and doesn't take such trivia into account ;-). 

> Even on tests?

Good question, and I think the answer is "it depends". The thing is, some
organizations just won't accept libraries with even a single file in the
distribution that's not explictly copyrighted. There's no hard and fast rule
though, but for the sake of consistency, I think it's worthwhile adding
copyright statements everywhere applicable. 

> > tools/build/test/dependency-test/a.h: missing copyright
> 
> Even on empty files :-)

:-) It's a very conscientious program, as you can see...

> That's a document of interest only to Boost.Build V2 developers.

Good.

> 
> > If there's a "default" copyright statement we could use for
> > (not-yet-copyrighted) Boost.Build files, I'd be happy to 
> add them; else the
> > authors will need to update the files.
> 
> Well, I think that standard
> 
> /* Copyright (C) Boost.org 2003. Permission to copy, use, 
> modify, sell and
> distribute this software is granted provided this 
> copyright notice appears 
> in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without 
> express or implied
> warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. */

If everyone is happy with that, the job of adding copyright statements is
made very simple, and we don't need to worry too much about acknowledging
contributors (in the source files).

> Would be just fine. But, files in examples-v2/qt and 
> example-v2/qt-ui should 
> not be altered. Have no idea about their copyrights.

I guess we'll just leave them as-is then, at least for now.

Thanks,
Bjorn