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authorBeman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org>2003-08-18 16:40:06 +0000
committerBeman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org>2003-08-18 16:40:06 +0000
commitb3e38d196f3b675d341e7a9756cf68374d6dc073 (patch)
tree1ee160b337dcee7f6f9a6c9b1bc6c9cfeb6ca2a0 /more
parent66dc78ae0d04a415eb58a29a0ca556a427dd0785 (diff)
downloadboost-b3e38d196f3b675d341e7a9756cf68374d6dc073.tar.gz
Add license links, copyright messages, plus changes to reflect new license
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+++ b/more/index.htm
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<h2>Boost Whatever</h2>
<blockquote>
+ <p><b><a href="license_info.html">License Information</a> </b>&nbsp;Information
+ about the Boost Software License.</p>
<p><b><a href="bibliograpy.html">Bibliography</a> </b>&nbsp;Print and online
publications relating to Boost and Boost libraries.</p>
<p><a href="../status/compiler_status.html"><b>Compiler
@@ -125,7 +127,12 @@ content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<hr>
-<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED"
-s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->25 July, 2003<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" i-checksum="21104" endspan --></p>
+<p> © Copyright Beman Dawes 2003.</p>
+<p> See accompanying <a href="../LICENSE">license</a> for terms and conditions
+of use.</p>
+
+<p>Revised
+<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED"
+s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->18 August, 2003<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="34485" --></p>
</body>
</html> \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/more/lib_guide.htm b/more/lib_guide.htm
index 416ffca641..7e2a67bfdd 100644
--- a/more/lib_guide.htm
+++ b/more/lib_guide.htm
@@ -79,23 +79,28 @@ making a submission. It has been noted, however, that submissions which begin
embarrassingly.</p>
<h3 align="left"><a name="License">License</a> requirements</h3>
<ul>
- <li>Must be simple to read and understand.
+ <li>Must be simple to read and understand.
</li>
- <li>Must grant permission without fee to copy, use and modify the software for any use
- (commercial and non-commercial).
+ <li>Must grant permission without fee to copy, use and modify the software for
+ any use (commercial and non-commercial).
</li>
- <li>Must require that the license appear on all copies of the software source
- code.
+ <li>Must require that the license appear on all copies of the software source
+ code.
</li>
- <li>Must not require that the license appear with executables or other binary
- uses of the library.
+ <li>Must not require that the license appear with executables or other binary
+ uses of the library.
</li>
- <li>Must not require that the source code be
- available for execution or other binary uses of the library.
+ <li>Must not require that the source code be available for execution or other
+ binary uses of the library.
</li>
- <li>May restrict the use of the name and description of the library to the
- standard version found on the Boost web site.</li>
+ <li>May restrict the use of the name and description of the library to the
+ standard version found on the Boost web site.</li>
</ul>
+<p>The preferred way to meet these license requirements is to use the
+<a href="../LICENSE">Boost Software License</a>. See <a href="license_info.html">
+license information</a>. If for any reason you do not intend to use the Boost
+Software License, please discuss the issues on the Boost
+<a href="mailing_lists.htm#main">developers mailing list</a> first.</p>
<h3 align="left"><a name="Portability">Portability</a> requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>
@@ -215,10 +220,22 @@ library, but a reasonable effort to comply is expected.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
- <li>Begin all source files with:
+ <li>End all documentation files (HTML or otherwise) with a copyright message
+ and a licensing message. See the <a href="#Copyright">end of this file</a> for
+ an example of the preferred form.</li>
+</ul>
+<ul>
+ <li>Begin all source files (including programs, headers, scripts, etc.) with:
<ul>
<li>A comment line describing the contents of the file.</li>
- <li>Comments describing copyright and licensing.</li>
+ <li>Comments describing copyright and licensing. The preferred form is:<br>
+ <br>
+ <code>// Copyright Jane Programmer, 2003.<br>
+ // See accompanying license for terms and conditions of use.</code><br>
+ <br>
+ See the <a href="license_info.html">license information page</a> for
+ details.
+</li>
<li>A comment line referencing your library on the Boost web site:<br>
<br>
<code>// See http://www.boost.org/libs/foo for documentation.</code><br>
@@ -449,7 +466,11 @@ suggestion.&nbsp; Major contributions are usually acknowledged in the
documentation, while minor fixes are often mentioned in comments within the code
itself.</p>
<hr>
-<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->26 February, 2003<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="40410" --></p>
+<p> © <a name="Copyright">Copyright</a> Beman Dawes 2003.</p>
+<p> See accompanying <a href="../LICENSE">license</a> for terms and conditions
+of use.</p>
+<p>Revised
+<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->18 August, 2003<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="34485" --></p>
</body>