RE: [Boost-Users] Re: boost vs. The Lawyers (non-technical)

From: Jeff Faust (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-11 09:54:54

My company's lawyer did go through every file, and I had meant to bring this
issue up sooner.  Boost should be something that I, as a developer for a
company, can recognize as something useful and should be able to incorporate
it without too much hindrance.  In truth, it was quite difficult and took a
long time.  The only difficulty was the license.  Some blanket license, as a
text file with the release, would aid greatly in convincing lawyer-types
that it's safe to use.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Elliot Murphy [mailto:elliot.murphy_at_[hidden]]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:11 PM
To: 'Boost-Users_at_[hidden]'
Subject: RE: [Boost-Users] Re: boost vs. The Lawyers (non-technical)

That would be helpful. Some of my colleagues have had
terribly frustrating experiences trying to get our lawyers to
approve the use of various boost libraries. The lawyers don't seem
to like the idea of going into every source file to read a license
agreement.

-elliot

-----Original Message-----
From: James Curran/MVP [mailto:jamescurran_at_[hidden]]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:58 AM
To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
Subject: [Boost-Users] Re: boost vs. The Lawyers (non-technical)

"Douglas Gregor" <gregod_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:200210090000.23639.gregod_at_cs.rpi.edu...
> Each Boost library has its own license that _must_ meet those
requirements. Of
> course, that won't satisfy the lawyers, so you'll probably have to send
them
> the individual library licenses for approval.
>
> We really could do much better in this area: at the very least, we could
> provide a comprehensive list of the licenses for each library.

    Perhaps we should add to our "standard" a requirement that a printable
license page by included with each libraries' documentation (with one or
more "fill-in-the-blank" templates/samples available on www.boost.org)

--
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James Curran
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