Fernando Cacciola wrote: [...] > Motivated by A. Terekhov concerns, I think the license should, if at all > possible, expressely PROHIBIT anyone, including the copyright holder, > from patenting the covered Software and any implied intellectual production.
That would make no sense. My concern is this: http://boost.sourceforge.net/misc/license-background.html "This license grants all rights under the owner's copyrights (as well as an implied patent license), ...." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ that's one possible (and maybe even reasonable interpretation) but "implied" is Not Good. Well, patents aside for a moment, I personally find this whole issue rather entertaining... if you grant "all rights" then why not simply release it into the public domain? http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg36819.php ([boost] Re: boost vs. The Lawyers (non-technical)) http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg46093.php ([boost] Re: Legal issues and licensing -- again) regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
