Re: [boost] Re: Boost Mathematicians

David B. Held wrote:

So are you saying that Boost could produce a GSL wrapper, distribute it independently, and ask users to obtain GSL themselves?

whether a GSL wrapper would be distributed together with GSL or separate has no bearing on the constraints on the license: the GPL requests that all distributors of GPL software (and that includes 'extended work' such as a library wrapper) have to provide those four freedoms. This is the 'viral' effect of the GPL: often the other license isn't compatible with GPL, so a hybrid work is not distributable at all, or the other way around (as in this case): the other author doesn't want to comply with the GPL requirements (http://www.boost.org/more/license_info.html#FAQ). Regards, Stefan