[Python-Dev] Boost Software License

[Guido van Rossum]

I would check with the PSF's lawyers. That's what they're there for.
Developers shouldn't be giving legal advice.

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> Le Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:30:23 +0100,
> Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> a écrit :
>> Serhiy Storchaka, 27.01.2013 17:52:
>> > 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/
>>
>> 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.
>
> 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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