[geos-devel] Boost License compatibility

Mateusz Loskot mateusz at loskot.net
Wed Apr 8 16:51:52 EDT 2009


Paul Ramsey wrote:
> FSF says they are compatible.
> 
> http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/

Thanks for the URL, however it does not explain
what it means that they are compatible.

My understanding is that any "injection" of LGPL or GPL code
into code licensed under the terms of Boost License,
require that the latter must be re-licensed
under the terms of LGPL or GPL.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org


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