RE: [boost] Re: Call for Volunteers [license review]

2002-12-12 Thread Iain K.Hanson
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joel de Guzman Sent: 11 December 2002 23:02 To: Boost mailing list Subject: Re: [boost] Re: Call for Volunteers [license review] - Original Message - From: Joel de Guzman [EMAIL

[boost] Re: Call for Volunteers [license review]

2002-12-12 Thread Carl Daniel
David Abrahams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... This is a formal call for volunteers to fill out a few of the open-source license evaluations at http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost_License OCLC Research Public

Re: [boost] Re: Call for Volunteers [license review]

2002-12-11 Thread David Abrahams
Carl Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Abrahams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... This is a formal call for volunteers to fill out a few of the open-source license evaluations at

[boost] Re: Call for Volunteers [license review]

2002-12-11 Thread David B. Held
David Abrahams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... [...] Although I'm sure some will find it interesting, this whole exchange was not supposed to happen on the Boost list; too many mechanical reply all reflexes made it end up here. Well, it's good

Re: [boost] Re: Call for Volunteers [license review]

2002-12-11 Thread Joel de Guzman
David Abrahams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... This is a formal call for volunteers to fill out a few of the open-source license evaluations at http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost_License Vovida Software

Re: [boost] Re: Call for Volunteers [license review]

2002-12-11 Thread Joel de Guzman
- Original Message - From: Joel de Guzman [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS One question: Why is GPL not in the list? I assume it's because it is known to fail the given criteria? Correct me if I'm mistaken. If so, the wxWindows Library License should also be out of the list. wxWindows Library

[boost] Re: Call for Volunteers [license review]

2002-12-11 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Carl Daniel wrote: [...] The IBM license is lengthy and unusual, in that that majority of it appears to place restrictions on contributors to, not recipeients of the software. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-cplfaq.html quote 1. Company X contributes the initial code and