Walter Bright wrote:
Don wrote:
I think the GNU stuff is a bit different, because the GPL is an
aggressive license -- the FSF intends to defend the license, taking
offenders to court. Legal battles are expected, and having a single
legal entity makes it easier to win the case.
By contrast, the Boost license exists solely for the benefit of the
users, giving them a guarantee that court cases will _not_ occur.
I think that throughout Boost all of the authors retain their original
copyright.
It's true that GPL has an agenda that is not always in its users' best
interests. The Boost license does.
The reason the that the GPL has enforcement court cases is to stop
vendors taking GPL code and trying to make it their own, without
following the requirements of the GPL.
For examples see gpl-violations
http://gpl-violations.org/
The project wants to act as information and communication platform
between all parties involved with licensing of free software:
* authors and copyright holders
* vendors, OEM's, VAR's
* users
more details under the history:
http://gpl-violations.org/about.html#history
Nick B.
