Re: [boost] Re: Re: an XML API in boost

2003-06-04 Thread Gregory Colvin
It's worth noting that libxml2 is itself open source with what appears to be Boost compatible license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html On Tuesday, Jun 3, 2003, at 20:21 America/Denver, Darryl Green wrote: From: William E. Kempf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Vladimir Prus said:

RE: [boost] Re: Re: an XML API in boost

2003-06-04 Thread Darryl Green
> From: William E. Kempf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Vladimir Prus said: > > William E. Kempf wrote: > >> > >> If a submitted library required libxml2, I'd personally > vote no. If > >> the interface was supposed to be portable to other backends, I'd > >> probably still vote no unless at least o

Re: [boost] Re: Re: an XML API in boost

2003-06-04 Thread Stefan Seefeld
William E. Kempf wrote: I don't want to discourage you... in fact, I'd like to do the opposite. I just haven't had the time to look at what you have so far to give any helpful criticism, other than to emphasise that Boost discourages tight coupling to libraries other than Boost or the standard li

Re: [boost] Re: Re: an XML API in boost

2003-06-04 Thread William E. Kempf
Stefan Seefeld said: > William E. Kempf wrote: > >> What I think *is* a requirement is that any wrapper library >> not be tied to a single backend, and I personally believe that what >> follows from that is that the submission must have at least 2 >> referenced backends for proof of concept. > >

Re: [boost] Re: Re: an XML API in boost

2003-06-04 Thread Stefan Seefeld
William E. Kempf wrote: What I think *is* a requirement is that any wrapper library not be tied to a single backend, and I personally believe that what follows from that is that the submission must have at least 2 referenced backends for proof of concept. Fair enough. What would you suggest me to

Re: [boost] Re: Re: an XML API in boost

2003-06-04 Thread William E. Kempf
Vladimir Prus said: > William E. Kempf wrote: > >>> there is no such thing as the 'Gnu licence'. There is the 'GNU >>> General Public License' (aka GPL) and the 'GNU Lesser General Public >>> License' (LGPL). libxml2 uses neither, and its license is fully >>> compatible with boost's license requir