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Re: [Arx-users] Boost license
From: |
Walter Landry |
Subject: |
Re: [Arx-users] Boost license |
Date: |
Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:31:25 -0500 (EST) |
Kevin Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
> Walter Landry wrote:
> >>>Making binaries is hampered by some licensing problems with Boost.
> >>>The Boost Graph Library (BGL) is under a GPL-incompatible license.
> >>>The BGL authors are working on fixing this. I pinged them about a
> >>>week ago, and they were waiting to hear back from the lawyers. Until
> >>>then, distributing binaries is a little dodgy.
>
> I just checked, and it looks like the BGL is licensed under the 2003
> Boost Software License 1.0. According to the FSF, the Boost license is
> GPL-compatible. Is there some other license tucked away in the BGL
> source code?
In libs/graph/LICENSE. It is basically the original Artistic license
which, is not GPL-compatible. Where did you find that BGL is covered
by the Boost Software License?
Walter