Maciej Sobczak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Let's imagine the following situation (it can apply to any developer > on this planet): I write some code and want it to get public. It is > outside of mainstream Boost interest, so I do not intend to submit it > to Boost. > > Being concerned with the legal issues, I want to have a license text > that is proven to be OK from the lawyers' viewpoint.
That's a very fuzzy notion. This license is only "proven to be OK" relative to certain goals and notions of acceptable risk. Those parameters may not apply to you. > Of course, a lot of people (Boosters and lawyers) have spent their > time preparing and reviewing the Boost license and ensuring that it > meets the high standards of today's open software. Is it OK if I > just copy-n-paste the Boost license into my own work? Is it OK if I > use only part of it? This can have many implications, including > legal precedents - for example, when some of my users abuse the > license or just asks me what he can do with the software, I can just > point him to Boost pages, FAQs, etc. In other words, I may hide > behind the curtains sewed by people who just never took me and my > work into account. Is it OK if I do it? > Short version: > Is there any copyright on the Boost license text? > What license protects the Boost license? :) Ugh, meta-licensing. I'm not sure about this. I've Bcc'd the lawyers to see what they say about this. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
