I didn't see any guidelines for distributing the Boost header files in an implementation. Are there any ? As an example I may use only a small number of the header files for my distribution, so I assume I am not constrained to deliver all the header files nor am I constrained to deliver the full Boost distribution for any given version. While I can query the end-user during installation about having a specific version of Boost, and not install Boost files if the user does have a specific version, it does not seem as if I have to install the entire distribution, or even the entire set of header files if I am installing locally to my own directory structure. It would be nice if Boost actually had an install in its distribution because then , under Windows where I work, there would be a registry entry which I could read during the installation of any product which uses Boost. Has anyone ever suggested this, or is it seen as outside the boundaries of Boost ?