Appendix E Open Source Licences

The documentation is released under the FDL (see COPYING.FDL).

This Product includes boost software under below license

BOOST SOFTWARE LICENSE

oLicense text

oIntroduction

oHistory

oRationale

oFAQ

oTransition

oAcknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

The Boost Software License specifies the terms and conditions of use for those Boost libraries that it covers.

Currently, some Boost libraries have their own licenses. The hope is that eventually all Boost libraries will be covered by the Boost Software License. In the meantime, all libraries comply with the Boost License requirements.

HISTORY

As Boost grew, it became unmanageable for each Boost file to have its own license. Users complained that each license needed to be reviewed, and that reviews were difficult or impossible if Boost libraries contained many different licenses. Boost moderators and maintainers spent excessive time dealing with license issues. Boost developers often copied existing licenses without actually knowing if the license wording met legal needs.

To clarify these licensing issues, the Boost moderators asked for help from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It was requested that a single Boost license be developed that met the traditional requirements that Boost licenses, particularly:

oMust be simple to read and understand.

oMust grant permission without fee to copy, use and modify the software for any use (commercial and non-commercial).

oMust require that the license appear with all copies [including redistributions] of the software source code.

 

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