Re: [Boost-users] Re: Boost license and Open Source

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-30 05:01:11

> The Boost license will not allow you to redistribute the Boost source as
part
> of your project and re-assign its license terms. Conceptually, think of
Boost
> as an extension to the standard library and designate it in your
> documentation as a dependency of your project that must be independently
> obtained, installed, and configured as part of the process of setting up a
> build environment compatible with your project. You are then free to
> distribute your source (sans Boost source) under whatever license you see
> fit.

You can certainly redistribute all or part of Boost with your project, but
you must make it clear what it's licence terms are separately from those of
your code.

John.