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arthurcolletoday at 2:33 AM2 repliesview on HN

Why isn't there a "if I like you you can use it"

I like you @WalterBright you can use any of my stuff even if you get acquired


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limagnoliatoday at 2:41 AM

Umm, there is. Basically, thats the default in most of the world. My recomendation if that is what you want to do, is to put a note in the readme and in LICENSE.txt that says "this project is copyright by me. If you want to use i, reach out to me and if I like you, I will give you a license". Then if you like someone, give them a written statement that you like them, and grant them permission to use your project(s), and under what terms, if any.

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WalterBrighttoday at 4:03 AM

Thank you kindly!

There's not a whole lot of point to acquiring Boost licensed software. Of course, they could always acquire me and pay me handsomely!