On Wednesday, February 05, 2003 1:16 PM [GMT+1=CET], Martin Wille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Beman Dawes wrote: > > Bjorn Karlsson and I are wondering if Boost should require copyrights on > > Jamfiles. > > Jamfiles are part of the build system; they won't become part of > a an executable. So everything is fine when a vendor ships a > binary or a DLL. > > However, when Boost is incorporated to some other open source > project, missing copyrights and licences might become a problem. > > Moreover, copyright statements hinder evil-doers to wrongfully > claim ownership. > > I'm not a lawyer, so I'm just guessing, bit I think we should > put copyrights into Jamfiles, Makefiles and the like as well. I agree with this reasoning. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
