On Feb 5, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
Dear Boost Graph Library Developers,
The following is a reply to a bug report from a Debian user
[http://bugs.debian.org/349209] pointing out deficiencies in the
library licensing, from Debian's point of view. We'd like to
know whether the few remaining files NOT available under the
Boost Software License may be relicensed. Thanks.
We're looking into it.
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 04:21:38PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote:
According to boost debian/copyright file, the
Boost Graph library does not seem to comply with the DFSG.
That file is out of date.
Most of the current boost source files are licensed under the
Boost Software License [http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt]
which I believe is OK by DFSG.
I found the exceptions in the HEADER files using
cd boost/graph
find * -type f | xargs grep -L
'http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt'
Of the exceptions these 8 are under the original GRAPH license:
adjacency_list_io.hpp
I'll contact the author.
cuthill_mckee_ordering.hpp
detail/sparse_ordering.hpp BLANKET
king_ordering.hpp
Yes, these can all go under the Boost Software License.
profile.hpp
I'll contact the author.
relax.hpp BLANKET
Yes, this can go under the Boost Software License.
sloan_ordering.hpp
wavefront.hpp
I'll contact the authors.
File simple_point.hpp has no copyright at all. I presume this is
an oversight and invite the Boost Graph authors to comment.
Yes, this was an oversight. It's copyright Trustees of Indiana
University, 2004-2005 under the Boost Software License. (It's fixed in
Boost CVS).
There is a small library that is compiled to libbgl-viz. This library
has four source files, three of which are under Boost Software
License. The exception is libs/graph/src/graphviz_lex.ll, which is
under the origian graph license. On the other hand, the listed
author, Lie-Quan Lee has given blanket permission, so we may apply the
Boost Software License to it as well.
Yes, this can also go under the Boost Software License; fixed in Boost
CVS.
| Any disputes arising out of this Agreement or LICENSEE'S use of the
| software at any time shall be resolved by the courts of the state of
| Indiana. LICENSEE hereby consents to the jurisdiction of the
Indiana
| courts and waives the right to challenge the jurisdiction thereof in
| any dispute arising out of this Agreement or Licensee's use of the
| software.
This is a choice of venue, which is considered non-free by many
debian-legal regulars (including myself...).
People who accept this license may be forced to travel to the state
of Indiana, whenever the copyright holder decides to sue them (even
for frivolous claims, even if they live on the other side of the
ocean). This is a significant restriction on the exercise of the
rights granted by the license.
This sounds like a serious problem.
That is rather scary :)
I'd hate to have to remove part of
Boost from Debian. To the graph authors: is it possible that the
remaining
few files can be relicensed under BSL?
For the files where I've said that I need to contact the author, we're
dealing with code that was contributed to us several years ago for
which we have not yet received permission to move to the Boost Software
License. It may take a couple days for me to track down these authors
to get their permission.
Doug
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