Is Boost Software License [1] compatible with Python license? Can I steal some code from Boost library [2]? [1] http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt [2] http://www.boost.org/
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 06:52:21PM +0200, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> wrote:
BSD-ish license? I think yes, it's compatible with Python license. Also I think you have to copy the license to the section "Licenses and Acknowledgements for Incorporated Software" in Doc/license.rst. Oleg. -- Oleg Broytman http://phdru.name/ phd@phdru.name Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
Serhiy Storchaka, 27.01.2013 17:52:
Depends on what you want to do with it after stealing it. Assuming you want to add it to CPython, two things to consider: - Isn't Boost C++ code? - Usually, people who contribute code to CPython must sign a contributors agreement. As far as I understand it, that would be those who wrote it, not those who "stole" it from them. Stefan
Le Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:30:23 +0100, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> a écrit :
That's the only potentially contentious point. Otherwise, the boost license looks like a fairly ordinary non-copyleft free license, and therefore should be compatible with the PSF license. That said, we already ship "non-contributed" code such as zlib, expat or libffi; and even in the core you can find such code such as David Gay's dtoa.c. Regards Antoine.
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 06:52:21PM +0200, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> wrote:
BSD-ish license? I think yes, it's compatible with Python license. Also I think you have to copy the license to the section "Licenses and Acknowledgements for Incorporated Software" in Doc/license.rst. Oleg. -- Oleg Broytman http://phdru.name/ phd@phdru.name Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
Serhiy Storchaka, 27.01.2013 17:52:
Depends on what you want to do with it after stealing it. Assuming you want to add it to CPython, two things to consider: - Isn't Boost C++ code? - Usually, people who contribute code to CPython must sign a contributors agreement. As far as I understand it, that would be those who wrote it, not those who "stole" it from them. Stefan
Le Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:30:23 +0100, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> a écrit :
That's the only potentially contentious point. Otherwise, the boost license looks like a fairly ordinary non-copyleft free license, and therefore should be compatible with the PSF license. That said, we already ship "non-contributed" code such as zlib, expat or libffi; and even in the core you can find such code such as David Gay's dtoa.c. Regards Antoine.
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