On Thursday, 15 October 2015 at 08:25:21 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 10/15/2015 1:18 AM, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
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.
I updated the PR and changed the license to Boost. I think the PR
is ready for merging.
