[boost] Re: [gui] Concerning Scope (Was: thoughts on a GUI component library)

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-24 13:42:57

christopher diggins wrote:
>> I don't know if this is what you're suggesting, but I can't
>> overemphasize how odious I find the idea of capitalizing on Boost's
>> ready-made community, knowledge, and mailing lists, only to take the
>> successful project away later and run it under "a separate umbrella."
> 
> 
> This directly concerns me because I have a lot at stake with the upcoming 
> Boost Interfaces Library. When it is proposed to Boost and goes through the 
> inevitable evolution, if it doesn't meet my rather stringent guidelines I 
> will be forced to create my own version of the library. Would doing so be 
> odious? It seems to me that if a new project is spawned, then it becomes 
> healthy competition for Boost and promotes technological progress.

That's fine.  In that case Boost still has a project that reflects the
needs and input of its membership.  That's very different from starting
a project here and using our intellectual resources and mailing list
bandwidth with a plan or intention to take the project away later.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com