License¶

Boost Software License 1.0¶

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.

What This Means¶

The Boost Software License is a permissive, GPL-compatible license designed specifically for high-quality C++ libraries.

You Can¶

✓ Use the library commercially
✓ Use the library privately
✓ Modify the library
✓ Distribute the library
✓ Sublicense the library

You Must¶

Include the license and copyright notice with the software
Include the license in derivative works

You Cannot¶

Hold authors liable for damages
Use contributors' names for endorsement without permission

Why Boost License?¶

The Boost Software License is specifically chosen because:

Permissive: Allows use in both open source and proprietary projects
GPL-Compatible: Can be used in GPL-licensed projects
Simple: Easy to understand and comply with
Industry Standard: Recognized and trusted by C++ community
Boost-Ready: Compatible with Boost library collection

Third-Party Licenses¶

This library uses no external dependencies beyond the C++ standard library. Test and benchmark frameworks (Catch2, Google Benchmark) are used only for development and are not required for library usage.

Development Dependencies¶

Catch2: BSL-1.0
Google Benchmark: Apache 2.0

Contributing¶

By contributing to this project, you agree to license your contributions under the same Boost Software License 1.0. See Contributing Guidelines for more information.

Questions?¶

If you have questions about licensing, please:

Review the official Boost License FAQ
Open an issue on GitHub

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