Re: [Boost-users] [license] Why is the Boost license not anofficial Open Source license?
-----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Gennaro Prota Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:05 AM To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [license] Why is the Boost license not anofficial Open Source license?
With a terminology stress which (to me) twists the meaning of "free software" it could be classified as "non-copylefted free software" (which basically means, anyone can redistribute it under a non free license; in the case of boost they can do that only if they don't redistribute the source code)
So if you use boost in your interfaces, you've gotta redistribute your source code too?
Sohail Somani wrote:
So if you use boost in your interfaces, you've gotta redistribute your source code too?
No. All he said is that you may not distribute the Boost sources under any license but the Boost license. It doesn't affect your own stuff at all. Sebastian Redl
--- Sohail Somani wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Gennaro Prota
With a terminology stress which (to me) twists the meaning of "free software" it could be classified as "non-copylefted free software" (which basically means, anyone can redistribute it under a non free license; in the case of boost they can do that only if they don't redistribute the source code)
So if you use boost in your interfaces, you've gotta redistribute your source code too?
No, you don't *have* to redistribute anything. He said (and I agree) that those who *do* redistribute their Boost-powered software under any other license (free or otherwise) cannot also bundle Boost or redistribute it under that license as well. Boost itself is available only under the BSL. Cromwell D. Enage __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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