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Appendix E Open Source Licences
Media Server User’s Guide
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The documentation is released under the FDL (see COPYING.FDL).
This Product includes boost software under below license
BOOST SOFTWARE LICENSE
oLicense text
oIntroduction
oHistory
oRationale
oFAQ
oTransition
oAcknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
The Boost Software License specifies the terms and conditions of use for those Boost libraries that it
covers.
Currently, some Boost libraries have their own licenses. The hope is that eventually all Boost
libraries will be covered by the Boost Software License. In the meantime, all libraries comply with
the Boost License requirements.
HISTORY
As Boost grew, it became unmanageable for each Boost file to have its own license. Users
complained that each license needed to be reviewed, and that reviews were difficult or impossible if
Boost libraries contained many different licenses. Boost moderators and maintainers spent
excessive time dealing with license issues. Boost developers often copied existing licenses without
actually knowing if the license wording met legal needs.
To clarify these licensing issues, the Boost moderators asked for help from the Berkman Center for
Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It was requested that a
single Boost license be developed that met the traditional requirements that Boost licenses,
particularly:
oMust be simple to read and understand.
oMust grant permission without fee to copy, use and modify the software for any use (commercial
and non-commercial).
oMust require that the license appear with all copies [including redistributions] of the software
source code.