title: Boost Software License 1.0
spdx-id: BSL-1.0
hidden: false
description: >-
A simple permissive license only requiring preservation of copyright and
license notices for source (and not binary) distribution. Licensed works,
modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and
without source code.
how: >-
Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root of
your source code and copy the text of the license into the file.
note: >-
Boost recommends taking the additional step of adding a boilerplate notice to
the top of each file. The boilerplate can be found at the <a
href="https://www.boost.org/users/license.html#FAQ">Boost Software License
FAQ</a>.
using:
Boost: https://github.com/boostorg/boost/blob/master/LICENSE_1_0.txt
Catch2: https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/blob/devel/LICENSE.txt
DMD: https://github.com/dlang/dmd/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
permissions:
- commercial-use
- modifications
- distribution
- private-use
conditions:
- include-copyright--source
limitations:
- liability
- warranty
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.