Re: [Boost-users] Question about Boost License and commercial software

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Question about Boost License and commercial software
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-19 19:22:13

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 13:00, OvermindDL1 <overminddl1_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> The boost license is not an open source license, so no, you do not
> need to release your source code in any way shape or form.
>

The boost license is not a *reciprocal* open source license, in the
manner of the GPL[1], OSL[2], or RPL[3], but is certainly an open
source license, by the OSI's definition:
<http://opensource.org/docs/osd>.  It's an *academic* license, like
the BSD License[4], MIT License[5], or zlib License[6].  (Taxonomy
from Lawrence Rosen's book, <http://rosenlaw.com/Rosen_Ch04.pdf>.)

~ Scott

[1] http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php
[2] http://opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php
[3] http://opensource.org/licenses/rpl.php
[4] http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
[5] http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
[6] http://opensource.org/licenses/zlib-license.php