Martin Bonner said: (by the date of Wed, 23 May 2007 09:20:31 +0100)
You have misunderstood the question completely. It is not: Is Threads under the BSL? (we know the answer to that is "Yes".)
The question is: Are there any /other/ libraries that are not under the BSL?
If the answer to that question is "No", then the statement: Currently, some Boost libraries have their own licenses. is obviously false, and we can tidy up the licensing page (which will make some corporate lawyers happy).
Oops, sorry again. So since I started answering to this thread I should finish it with the right answer ;) I did a check in CVS-HEAD. With midnight commander and it's quick-view feature I was able to browse the files pretty quickly. Less than second for each file (of course longer if I didn't spot the license term). So I checked every file, but still - it was a rather quick 'human eyes' search. So I might have not spotted something. But here's what I've found: 1. all the files in /boost/numeric/ublas have following license: // Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software // and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, // provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and // that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear // in supporting documentation. The authors make no representations // about the suitability of this software for any purpose. // It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. So it is not a BSL ! 2. the files /boost/graph/kolmogorov_max_flow.hpp and /boost/graph/write_dimacs.hpp have two licenses, one of which is BSL, in case if that matters. 3. boost/interprocess/detail/atomic.hpp uses Apache license *AND* BSL, weird ! 4. boost/interprocess/detail/config_begin.hpp and config_end.hpp have no license 5. information in boost/interprocess/sync/interprocess_recursive_mutex.hpp about license is obsolete because W.Kempf granted BSL for his code. 6. boost/math/common_factor_rt.hpp nas no BSL license: // (C) Copyright Daryle Walker and Paul Moore 2001-2002. Permission to copy, // use, modify, sell and distribute this software is granted provided this // copyright notice appears in all copies. This software is provided "as is" // without express or implied warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability // for any purpose. 7. boost/multi_array/algorithm.hpp is not clear, but maybe it's correct ? there are also two files with this notice in multi_array_detail. But I guess it's OK 8. boost/program_options/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.hpp doesn't have BSL: // Copyright Š 2001 Ronald Garcia, Indiana University (garcia@osl.iu.edu) // Andrew Lumsdaine, Indiana University (lums@osl.iu.edu). Permission to copy, // use, modify, sell and distribute this software is granted provided this // copyright notice appears in all copies. This software is provided "as is" // without express or implied warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability // for any purpose. 9. boost/python/detail/python22_fixed.h has boostinspect:nolicense So I guess it's OK with the: Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 Python Software Foundation; All Rights Reserved 10. boost/test/included/unit_test_framework.hpp has no license 11. boost/test/utils/runtime/cla/detail/argument_value_usage.hpp has no BSL: // (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental 2005. // Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software // is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. // This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty, // and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. 12. boost/rational.hpp has no license 13. boost/shared_container_iterator.hpp doesn't have BSL: // (C) Copyright Ronald Garcia 2002. Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and // distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears // in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied // warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. Whew. That's it. Took me one and a half an hour. Hope this helps. Based on above research I could tell that only boost::ublas doesn't have BSL, while all the other files are simply a mistake that can be quickly corrected... best regards -- Janek Kozicki |