From 4e0090f02b1abc7d06af2693b359d2ba4c6234fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Abrahams Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 17:35:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated GPL info [SVN r22578] --- license_info.html | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/license_info.html b/license_info.html index 72432c7..0cdb19c 100644 --- a/license_info.html +++ b/license_info.html @@ -135,10 +135,15 @@ license.

GNU General Public License (GPL)?

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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. The GPL is also much longer.

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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"?