On 10/15/2015 1:18 AM, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
On 15-Oct-2015 00:52, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
1. License. Most headers in the win32 project state that they are in the
"public domain". As such, we could relicense them under the Boost
software license (the license used for most D components). This could
also be done later, but cannot be reversed. I understand that releasing
something as public domain is also not legally recognized in many
jurisdictions.
I'd opt to Boost all the way down. I'm not really a lawyer nor do I have
a problem with public domain.
Since Windows headers are just lists of declarations, I don't even think
they are copyrightable. To the extent that they are, we should use Boost
all the way. And yes, the reason we have been using Boost at all is
because public domain is not recognized in some jurisdictions. I would
have preferred to make it all public domain.
Boost is the best license we could find that was both widely recognized
and used, and was closest to public domain in effect.
