Re: [boost] Is it legal to reuse code snippets from a boost library in my own library?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-10 22:27:52

<Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden]> writes:

>  
>
> Joaquín Mª López Muñoz wrote: 
>> Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden] ha escrito:
>> > Hello,
>> > I'de like to ask if it is legal to reuse code snippets from a boost 
>> > library in my own library which is also licenced under 
>> boost licence?
>> > Regards,
>> > Oliver
>> 
>> As I understand the wording of the license, to include part 
>> of the code in your work you must
>> 
>> a) reproduce the copyright statement
>> b) reproduce the license text
>> 
>> Since you are also operating under BSL, b) is already 
>> fullfiled, so you only need do the a) part, possibly in the 
>> form of a comment above the pasted snippet with the original 
>> copyright notice.
>
> What if it is not a 1-to-1 copy of the code, e.g. I use a solution of a problem or a class design (but with minir changes)?

IANAL, but that's what's known as a "derivative work," and is subject
to the same terms.

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Dave Abrahams
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