On 02/11/2015 1:06, Howard Hinnant wrote:
I did not intend for there to be a “binary clause" for this date/time library. My intent was to make this library have as small a legal footprint as possible.
Thanks for the details Howard. According to http://www.boost.org/development/requirements.html#License it seems to me that MIT License should be acceptable in Boost (except maybe for the last requirement below): <quote> License requirements The preferred way to meet the license requirements is to use the Boost Software License. See license information. If for any reason you do not intend to use the Boost Software License, please discuss the issues on the Boost developers mailing list first. The license requirements: - Must be simple to read and understand. - Must grant permission without fee to copy, use and modify the software for any use (commercial and non-commercial). - Must require that the license appear on all copies of the software source code. - Must not require that the license appear with executables or other binary uses of the library. - Must not require that the source code be available for execution or other binary uses of the library. - May restrict the use of the name and description of the library to the standard version found on the Boost web site. </quote>
My intent is that people can take this library and do whatever they want with it, including putting it into boost and modifying it in the process. Including selling it, getting rich, and never paying me a dime.
Let's hope Boost can give you at least some useful feedback to improve the library ;-) Ion