Hello all, In Google SoC FAQ, it is explicitly stated that any project developed during the SoC must be covered by a OSI approved license. AFAIK the boost license has not been approved (nor has never been proposed for approval). Could this be a problem, considering that projects developed under boost mentoring are likely candidates for boost inclusion? Should google be asked to make an exception for the Boost licence? Should projects be released under dual licensing (for example a OSI license like BSD + the Boost license)? --- Giovanni P. Deretta
Giovanni P. Deretta wrote:
Hello all,
In Google SoC FAQ, it is explicitly stated that any project developed during the SoC must be covered by a OSI approved license. AFAIK the boost license has not been approved (nor has never been proposed for approval).
There was someone working on this on the Wiki awhile back: http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost_License... And I believe Dave has been working this behind the scenes -- perhaps he can comment.
Could this be a problem, considering that projects developed under boost mentoring are likely candidates for boost inclusion?
I don't think so.
Should google be asked to make an exception for the Boost licence?
I doubt they will give us one.
Should projects be released under dual licensing (for example a OSI license like BSD + the Boost license)?
I think dual license might be ok -- I don't see that the Google rule preclude it. Also, there's nothing stopping the author from relicensing when the project is over. In any case, we've temporarily selected the MIT license because it's about as close to the Boost license as any other OSI approved license out there, while we are working the issue. Jeff
Jeff Garland wrote:
[...] I think dual license might be ok -- I don't see that the Google rule preclude it. Also, there's nothing stopping the author from relicensing when the project is over. In any case, we've temporarily selected the MIT license because it's about as close to the Boost license as any other OSI approved license out there, while we are working the issue.
In fact reading the FAQ further it is explicitly stated that the student (or the mentoring organization) get to keep the copyright (and subsequently chose whatever license he likes, even closed ones). Somehow I misunderstood that the student would agree to release the software with the selected license and only with that. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Any way, getting the boost license OSI approved would be great. -- Giovanni P. Deretta
"Giovanni P. Deretta" <gpderetta@gmail.com> writes:
Hello all,
In Google SoC FAQ, it is explicitly stated that any project developed during the SoC must be covered by a OSI approved license. AFAIK the boost license has not been approved (nor has never been proposed for approval).
Our lawyer is working on it already. Hope to have results very soon. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com
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