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(../LICENSE_1_0.txt, ../../LICENSE_1_0.txt etc.) How is the Boost license different from the GNU General Public License (GPL)? The Boost license permits the creation of derivative works for commercial or non-commercial use with no legal requirement to release your source code. Other differences include Boost not requiring reproduction of copyright messages for object code redistribution, and the fact that the Boost license is not "viral": if you distribute your own code along with some Boost code, the Boost license applies only to the Boost code (and modified versions thereof); you are free to license your own code under any terms you like. The GPL is also much longer, and thus may be harder to understand. Why the phrase "machine-executable object code generated by a source language processor"? To distinguish cases where we do not require reproduction of the copyrights and license, such as object libraries, shared libraries, and final program executables, from cases where reproduction is still required, such as distribution of self-extracting archives of source code or precompiled header files. More detailed wording was rejected as not being legally necessary, and reducing readability. Why is the "disclaimer" paragraph of the license entirely in uppercase? Capitalization of these particular provisions is a US legal mandate for consumer protection. (Diane Cabell) Does the copyright and license cover interfaces too? The conceptual interface to a library isn't covered. The particular representation expressed in the header is covered, as is the documentation, examples, test programs, and all the other material that goes with the library. A different implementation is free to use the same logical interface, however. Interface issues have been fought out in court several times; ask a lawyer for details. Why doesn't the license prohibit the copyright holder from patenting the covered software? No one who distributes their code under the terms of this license could turn around and sue a user for patent infringement. (Devin Smith) Boost's lawyers were well aware of patent provisions in licenses like the GPL and CPL, and would have included such provisions in the Boost license if they were believed to be legally useful. Why doesn't the copyright message say "All rights reserved"? Devin Smith says "I don't think it belongs in the copyright notice for anything (software, electronic documentation, etc.) that is being licensed. It belongs in books that are sold where, in fact, all rights (e.g., to reproduce the book, etc.) are being reserved in the publisher or author. I think it shouldn't be in the BSD license." Do I have to copyright/license trivial files? Even a test file that just contains an empty main() should have a copyright. Files without copyrights make corporate lawyers nervous, and that's a barrier to adoption. The more of Boost is uniformly copyrighted and licensed, the less problem people will have with mounting a Boost release CD on a corporate server. Can I use the Boost license for my own projects outside Boost? Sure; there are no restrictions on the use of the license itself. Is the Boost license "Open Source"? Yes. The Open Source Initiative certified the Boost Software License 1.0 in early 2008. TRANSITION To ease the transition of the code base towards the new common license, several people decided to give a blanket permission for all their contributions to use the new license. This hopefully helps maintainers to switch to the new license once the list contains enough names without asking over and over again for each change. Please consider adding your name to the list. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dave Abrahams led the Boost effort to develop better licensing. The legal team was led by Diane Cabell, Director, Clinical Programs, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School. Devin Smith, attorney, Nixon Peabody LLP, wrote the Boost License. Eva Chan, Harvard Law School, contributed analysis of Boost issues and drafts of various legal documents. Boost members reviewed drafts of the license. Beman Dawes wrote this web page. Revised $Date: 2009-06-07 07:14:52 -0400 (Sun, 07 Jun 2009) $ Copyright Beman Dawes, Daniel Frey, David Abrahams, 2003-2004. Copyright Rene Rivera 2004-2005. Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. This Product includes curl software under below license COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION NOTICE Copyright (c) 1996 - 2009, Daniel Stenberg, . All rights reserved. Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose

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(../LICENSE_1_0.txt, ../../LICENSE_1_0.txt etc.)
How is the Boost license different from the GNU General Public License (GPL)?
The Boost license permits the creation of
derivative works for commercial or non-commercial use with no legal requirement to release your source code. Other differences
include Boost not requiring reproduction of copyright messages for object code redistribution, and the fact that the Boost license is
not "viral": if you distribute your own code along with some Boost code, the Boost license applies only to the Boost code (and
modified versions thereof); you are free to license your own code under any terms you like. The GPL is also much longer, and thus
may be harder to understand.
Why the phrase "machine-executable object code generated by a source language processor"?
To distinguish cases where we
do not require reproduction of the copyrights and license, such as object libraries, shared libraries, and final program executables,
from cases where reproduction is still required, such as distribution of self-extracting archives of source code or precompiled header
files. More detailed wording was rejected as not being legally necessary, and reducing readability.
Why is the "disclaimer" paragraph of the license entirely in uppercase?
Capitalization of these particular provisions is a US
legal mandate for consumer protection. (Diane Cabell)
Does the copyright and license cover interfaces too?
The conceptual interface to a library isn't covered. The particular
representation expressed in the header is covered, as is the documentation, examples, test programs, and all the other material that
goes with the library. A different implementation is free to use the same logical interface, however. Interface issues have been
fought out in court several times; ask a lawyer for details.
Why doesn't the license prohibit the copyright holder from patenting the covered software?
No one who distributes their code
under the terms of this license could turn around and sue a user for patent infringement. (Devin Smith)
Boost's lawyers were well aware of patent provisions in licenses like the GPL and CPL, and would have included such provisions in
the Boost license if they were believed to be legally useful.
Why doesn't the copyright message say "All rights reserved"?
Devin Smith says "I don't think it belongs in the copyright notice
for anything (software, electronic documentation, etc.) that is being licensed. It belongs in books that are sold where, in fact, all
rights (e.g., to reproduce the book, etc.) are being reserved in the publisher or author. I think it shouldn't be in the BSD license."
Do I have to copyright/license trivial files?
Even a test file that just contains an empty main() should have a copyright. Files
without copyrights make corporate lawyers nervous, and that's a barrier to adoption. The more of Boost is uniformly copyrighted
and licensed, the less problem people will have with mounting a Boost release CD on a corporate server.
Can I use the Boost license for my own projects outside Boost?
Sure; there are no restrictions on the use of the license itself.
Is the Boost license "Open Source"?
Yes. The Open Source Initiative certified the Boost Software License 1.0 in early 2008.
T
RANSITION
To ease the transition of the code base towards the new common license, several people decided to give a blanket permission
for all
their contributions to use the new license. This hopefully helps maintainers to switch to the new license once the list contains
enough names without asking over and over again for each change. Please consider adding your name to the list.
A
CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dave Abrahams led the Boost effort to develop better licensing. The legal team was led by Diane Cabell, Director, Clinical
Programs, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School. Devin Smith, attorney, Nixon Peabody LLP, wrote the
Boost License. Eva Chan, Harvard Law School, contributed analysis of Boost issues and drafts of various legal documents. Boost
members reviewed drafts of the license. Beman Dawes wrote this web page.
Revised $Date: 2009-06-07 07:14:52 -0400 (Sun, 07 Jun 2009) $
Copyright Beman Dawes, Daniel Frey, David Abrahams, 2003-2004.
Copyright Rene Rivera 2004-2005.
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0
.
This Product includes curl software under below license
COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION NOTICE
Copyright (c) 1996 - 2009, Daniel Stenberg, <[email protected]>.
All rights reserved.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose