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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html> <html>
<head> <head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
<title>Boost Software License Background</title> <title>Boost Software License Background</title>
</head> </head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<table border="1" bgcolor="#007F7F" cellpadding="2"> <table summary="Navigational header"
border="1" bgcolor="#007F7F" cellpadding="2">
<tr> <tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="../boost.png" alt="boost.png (6897 bytes)" width="277" height="86"></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="../boost.png" alt="boost.png (6897 bytes)" width="277" height="86"></td>
<td><a href="../index.htm"><font face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF"><big>Home</big></font></a></td> <td><a href="../index.htm"><font face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF"><big>Home</big></font></a></td>
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<p><b>How should Boost programmers apply the license to source and <p><b>How should Boost programmers apply the license to source and
header files?</b></p> header files?</b></p>
<p>Include a comment based on the following template, substituting <p>Add a comment based on the following template, substituting
appropriate text for the italicized portion: appropriate text for the italicized portion:
<br>
<pre>// Copyright <i>2004 Jane Coder</i>. <br>
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying <pre>
// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // Copyright <i>Joe Coder 2004 - 2006</i>.
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
// (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
</pre> </pre>
<br>
Please leave an empty line before and after the above comment block.
It is fine if the copyright and license messages are not on different lines; in
no case there should be other intervening text. Do not include
"All rights reserved" anywhere.<br>
<p>Other ways of licensing source files have been considered, but some <p>Other ways of licensing source files have been considered, but some
of them turned out to unintentionally nullify legal elements of the of them turned out to unintentionally nullify legal elements of the
@ -154,6 +164,17 @@ corporate legal departments evaluate the boost distribution.
Creativity in license reference language is strongly discouraged, but Creativity in license reference language is strongly discouraged, but
judicious changes in the use of whitespace are fine. judicious changes in the use of whitespace are fine.
<p><b>How should the license be applied to documentation files, instead?</b></p>
<p>Very similarly to the way it is applied to source files: the user should
see the very same text indicated in the template above, with the only difference
that both the local and the web copy of LICENSE_1_0.txt should be linked to.
Refer to the HTML source codee of this document in case of doubt.
<p>Note that the location of the local LICENSE_1_0.txt needs to be indicated
relatively to the position of your documentation file
(<code>../LICENSE_1_0.txt</code>, <code>../../LICENSE_1_0.txt</code> etc.)</p>
<p><b>How is the Boost license different from the <p><b>How is the Boost license different from the
<a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php">GNU General Public <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php">GNU General Public
License (GPL)</a>?</b></p> License (GPL)</a>?</b></p>
@ -213,7 +234,6 @@ shouldn't be in the BSD license.&quot;</p>
<p><b>Do I have to copyright/license trivial files?</b> <p><b>Do I have to copyright/license trivial files?</b>
<p>Even a test file that just contains an empty <code>main()</code> <p>Even a test file that just contains an empty <code>main()</code>
should have a copyright. Files without copyrights make corporate should have a copyright. Files without copyrights make corporate
lawyers nervous, and that's a barrier to adoption. The more of Boost lawyers nervous, and that's a barrier to adoption. The more of Boost
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Boost members reviewed drafts of the license. Beman Dawes wrote this web page.</p> Boost members reviewed drafts of the license. Beman Dawes wrote this web page.</p>
<hr> <hr>
<p>Revised <p>Revised
<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->08 June, 2006<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="19940" --></p> <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->27 August, 2004<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39365" --></p>
<p> © Copyright 2003-2004 Beman Dawes, Daniel Frey, David Abrahams.</p> <p> © Copyright 2003-2004 Beman Dawes, Daniel Frey, David Abrahams.</p>
<p> Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. <p> Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.