The new core.sys.windows

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 10/15/2015 1:18 AM, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
> On 15-Oct-2015 00:52, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>> 1. License. Most headers in the win32 project state that they are in the
>> "public domain". As such, we could relicense them under the Boost
>> software license (the license used for most D components). This could
>> also be done later, but cannot be reversed. I understand that releasing
>> something as public domain is also not legally recognized in many
>> jurisdictions.
>
> I'd opt to Boost all the way down. I'm not really a lawyer nor do I have
> a problem with public domain.

Since Windows headers are just lists of declarations, I don't even think 
they are copyrightable. To the extent that they are, we should use Boost 
all the way. And yes, the reason we have been using Boost at all is 
because public domain is not recognized in some jurisdictions. I would 
have preferred to make it all public domain.

Boost is the best license we could find that was both widely recognized 
and used, and was closest to public domain in effect.