Ames Andreas wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Garland Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [boost] [SoC] License question
Hugh Wimberly wrote:
general written in C and are all open-source. Since they're written in C, I couldn't directly use code anyway, but I'm a little worried about how much I can use them as a reference since most of them are licensed under the GPL, and Boost has an incredibly open license that isn't compatible with the GPL.
IANAL either, but according to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#SoftwareLicenses the latter statement, the one about GPL-compatibility, isn't accurate.
That listing has a different view. It tells whether code that has originally been released under a non-GPL license can be relicensed under GPL (this is termed "combining", but since GPL is viral, the combined work has to licensed under GPL, including the formely non-GPL parts). Boost is a very free license, so this is possible. However, it is not possible to relicense GPLed code under BSL (unless you're the copyright holder). The GPL is a lot less free than the Boost license. This is the what Hugh was talking about. IANAL-ly yours, m Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com