https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=78870
--- Comment #6 from Jan Niklas Hasse <jhasse at bixense dot com> --- > Yes. Okay thanks, I'll look into it. > You can't copy any code, that would be a copyright violation. It's OK to see > which Windows API functions Boost uses for a particular filesystem > operation, but if you're not sure what is covered by copyright law then it's > safer not to use another project at all. According to https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html the Boost License is GPL compatible. So when I mark the code I copied with the source, it should work, shouldn't it? > I was hoping that somebody who actually knows the Windows API would > contribute the code, so they already know what the appropriate functions are. I know the Windows API, but the details are hard to get right. Especially getting everything to be bug-free. Many man hours have already been spend on boost::filesystem and the API is similar to std::filesystem. Why should I re-invent the wheel?
