Incompatible Boost license file in boost.container
Hi all, I was looking at boost.container, and found that boost/container/deque.hpp has similar problems as boost/detail/endian.hpp had before that was fixed. Parts of deque.hpp seem to be covered by a license that is not compatible with the Boost software license. I quote: // Copyright (c) 1996,1997 // Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. // // 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. Etc. Kind regards, Philip Bennefall
El 08/09/2013 17:04, Philip Bennefall escribió:
Hi all,
I was looking at boost.container, and found that boost/container/deque.hpp has similar problems as boost/detail/endian.hpp had before that was fixed. Parts of deque.hpp seem to be covered by a license that is not compatible with the Boost software license. I quote:
// Copyright (c) 1996,1997 // Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.
I think there is no SGI code left in boost::deque after so many rewrites and modifications. The notice was removed from all other containers but I missed this for some reason. Just googling a bit I've found that Boost.concept_check also has a SGI copyright notice: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/doc/html/idp12138272-bb.html#concepts.r... Best, Ion
On 08/09/13 20:11, Ion Gaztañaga wrote:
El 08/09/2013 17:04, Philip Bennefall escribió:
Hi all,
I was looking at boost.container, and found that boost/container/deque.hpp has similar problems as boost/detail/endian.hpp had before that was fixed. Parts of deque.hpp seem to be covered by a license that is not compatible with the Boost software license. I quote:
// Copyright (c) 1996,1997 // Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.
I think there is no SGI code left in boost::deque after so many rewrites and modifications. The notice was removed from all other containers but I missed this for some reason.
Just googling a bit I've found that Boost.concept_check also has a SGI copyright notice:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/doc/html/idp12138272-bb.html#concepts.r...
There are actually many hits for "Silicon Graphics" all over Boost. boost/container/deque.hpp boost/container/string.hpp boost/detail/algorithm.hpp boost/detail/binary_search.hpp boost/interprocess/streams/bufferstream.hpp boost/interprocess/streams/vectorstream.hpp boost/intrusive/rbtree_algorithms.hpp boost/multi_array/algorithm.hpp boost/multi_index/detail/ord_index_node.hpp boost/multi_index/detail/ord_index_ops.hpp boost/multi_index/ordered_index.hpp boost/tr1/detail/config_all.hpp boost/wave/util/flex_string.hpp
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From: "Mathias Gaunard"
El 08/09/2013 17:04, Philip Bennefall escribió:
Hi all,
I was looking at boost.container, and found that boost/container/deque.hpp has similar problems as boost/detail/endian.hpp had before that was fixed. Parts of deque.hpp seem to be covered by a license that is not compatible with the Boost software license. I quote:
// Copyright (c) 1996,1997 // Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.
I think there is no SGI code left in boost::deque after so many rewrites and modifications. The notice was removed from all other containers but I missed this for some reason.
Just googling a bit I've found that Boost.concept_check also has a SGI copyright notice:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/doc/html/idp12138272-bb.html#concepts.r...
There are actually many hits for "Silicon Graphics" all over Boost. boost/container/deque.hpp boost/container/string.hpp boost/detail/algorithm.hpp boost/detail/binary_search.hpp boost/interprocess/streams/bufferstream.hpp boost/interprocess/streams/vectorstream.hpp boost/intrusive/rbtree_algorithms.hpp boost/multi_array/algorithm.hpp boost/multi_index/detail/ord_index_node.hpp boost/multi_index/detail/ord_index_ops.hpp boost/multi_index/ordered_index.hpp boost/tr1/detail/config_all.hpp boost/wave/util/flex_string.hpp Hello, Is it possible for the various maintainers to make an effort to get rid of all of these eventually? It makes using Boost a bit of a mine field in terms of licensing, since these two licenses are incompatible. Kind regards, Philip Bennefall
I was looking at boost.container, and found that boost/container/deque.hpp has similar problems as boost/detail/endian.hpp had before that was fixed. Parts of deque.hpp seem to be covered by a license that is not compatible with the Boost software license. I quote:
// Copyright (c) 1996,1997 // Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.
I think there is no SGI code left in boost::deque after so many rewrites and modifications. The notice was removed from all other containers but I missed this for some reason.
Just googling a bit I've found that Boost.concept_check also has a SGI copyright notice:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/doc/html/idp12138272- bb.html#concepts.reference
There are actually many hits for "Silicon Graphics" all over Boost.
boost/container/deque.hpp boost/container/string.hpp boost/detail/algorithm.hpp boost/detail/binary_search.hpp boost/interprocess/streams/bufferstream.hpp boost/interprocess/streams/vectorstream.hpp boost/intrusive/rbtree_algorithms.hpp boost/multi_array/algorithm.hpp boost/multi_index/detail/ord_index_node.hpp boost/multi_index/detail/ord_index_ops.hpp boost/multi_index/ordered_index.hpp boost/tr1/detail/config_all.hpp
boost/wave/util/flex_string.hpp
I removed the offending code from Wave. Regards Hartmut --------------- http://boost-spirit.com http://stellar.cct.lsu.edu
Hello,
Is it possible for the various maintainers to make an effort to get rid of all of these eventually? It makes using Boost a bit of a mine field in terms of licensing, since these two licenses are incompatible.
Kind regards,
Philip Bennefall
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