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Boost Software License 1.0

This license is one of the simplest licenses, and to effect it, all you need is a license notice for the source as well as the preservation of copyright. With it, users can distribute modifications, licensed works, and larger works without the need for source code, and with different terms where necessary.

PermissionsLimitationsConditions
✔️ Commercial use

✔️ Modification

✔️ Distribution

✔️ Private use
❌ Liability

❌ Warranty
ℹ️ License and copyright notice for source

Full License Text

Boost Software License - Version 1.0 - August 17th, 2003

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization
obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by
this license (the "Software") to use, reproduce, display, distribute,
execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the
Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to
do so, all subject to the following:

The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including
the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer,
must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and
all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative
works are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by
a source language processor.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

How to apply

Create a text file (typically named LICENSE.MD or LICENSE) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file.

Attachments

  • bsl-1.0 File extension: txt File size: 1 kB

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