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@@ -135,10 +135,15 @@ license.</p>
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<a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php">GNU General Public
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License (GPL)</a>?</b></p>
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-<p>The Boost license permits the creation of derivative works for commercial or
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-non-commercial use with no legal requirement to release your source code. Other
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-differences include Boost not requiring reproduction of copyright messages for
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-object code redistribution. The GPL is also much longer.</p>
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+<p>The Boost license permits the creation of derivative works for
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+commercial or non-commercial use with no legal requirement to release
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+your source code. Other differences include Boost not requiring
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+reproduction of copyright messages for object code redistribution, and
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+the fact that the Boost license is not "viral": if you
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+distribute your own code along with some Boost code, the Boost license
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+applies only to the Boost code (and modified versions thereof); you
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+are free to license your own code under any terms you like. The GPL is
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+also much longer, and thus may be harder to understand.</p>
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<p><b>Why the phrase "machine-executable object code generated by a source
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language processor"?</b></p>
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