c++.stlsoft - STLSoft License Question
- John Lyon-Smith (15/15) Aug 30 2004 Hey Matthew. I was having a discussion the a while ago with some fello...
- Matthew (13/29) Aug 30 2004 Yes
Hey Matthew. I was having a discussion the a while ago with some fellow C++ developers, and I brought up the subject of STLSoft. "There's this really cool set of header only templates that you can use in your projects. Check it out." Later, I followed up with the developers, "Did you end up using the STLSoft stuff?" "No, we didn't like the license." I did some checking up, and it seems that many folks that I've mentioned STLSoft to have ended up not using because of this clause in your license, (ii) Any derived versions of this software (howsoever modified) remain the sole property of Synesis Software. I thought I'd post a quick note to ask you to just clarify your intent with this clause. My guess is that you don't want folks modifying the code little, and then passing it off as their own? Presumeably you also want to encourage changes to be fed back to the original source code? Alternatively, I guess you could be trying to dissuade people from making changes. John Lyon-Smith
Aug 30 2004
"John Lyon-Smith" <John_member pathlink.com> wrote in message news:cgvsl4$2q4s$1 digitaldaemon.com...Hey Matthew. I was having a discussion the a while ago with some fellow C++ developers, and I brought up the subject of STLSoft. "There's this really cool set of header only templates that you can use in your projects. Check it out." Later, I followed up with the developers, "Did you end up using the STLSoft stuff?" "No, we didn't like the license." I did some checking up, and it seems that many folks that I've mentioned STLSoft to have ended up not using because of this clause in your license, (ii) Any derived versions of this software (howsoever modified) remain the sole property of Synesis Software. I thought I'd post a quick note to ask you to just clarify your intent with this clause. My guess is that you don't want folks modifying the code little, and then passing it off as their own?YesPresumeably you also want to encourage changes to be fed back to the original source code?YesAlternatively, I guess you could be trying to dissuade people from making changes.No. This is an issue that's been brewing for a while. In the next instalment of my CUJ column I introduce a new open-source library - Open-RJ - which uses the BSD license, and I say that recls and STLSoft will both be changed over to that in their next releases. So, expect STLSoft to be under the BSD license in the next 2-3 weeks (from version 1.7.2 onwards), and please continue to recommend it to people, as an even more attractive prospect. ;) If you want to mention this change to your previous recommendees, all the better. Thanks for the heads up. Cheers Matthew
Aug 30 2004