[triage] Re: For Approval: Boost Software License - Version 1.0 - August 17th, 2003

[Zak Greant]

Aloha Donovan, Greetings All,

On Sep 15, 2007, at 12:07PDT (CA), Donovan Hawkins wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, John Cowan wrote:
>
>> I'd say that the problem with this license is that it does not
>> (probably inadvertently) grant the right to distribute derivative
>> works.  Arguably, this right is not necessary, as derivative works
>> belong to the deriver, but it's good to spell it out.
>
> I noticed that, though as you say it isn't strictly necessary. That  
> didn't seem to be SourceForge's problem with it though (or at  
> least, they didn't get that far before rejecting it).

I'm not going to create or modify a ticket due to this message - I  
don't think it adds enough value or offers a position.

Decisions like these can get fuzzy, but there you have it. Someone is  
likely  to object if they feel differently.

Cheers!
--zak