Re: [boost] [simd] Hardware support

Subject: Re: [boost] [simd] Hardware support
From: Michael Caisse (mcaisse-lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-04-10 05:31:03

On 4/9/17 09:08, Robert Ramey via Boost wrote:
> 
> http://www.boost.org/development/requirements.html#License
> 
> So I guess it's more correct to say that
> 
> a) if a library has Boost license, fine it can be reviewed.
> b) if a library has a Boost Compatible license, it can also be reviewed.
> 
> But it's not clear to me who determines this.  I guess this would be the
> review wizard who decides to add (or not add) a library to the review
> queue.

Legal guidance would need to be provided by the Software Freedom
Conservancy's (of which Boost belongs) legal counsel.

> 
> There is one issue still pending.  Suppose one submits a library with a
> compatible license which incorporates code which from another source in
> such a way that the right to use the incorporated code is in question.
> I'm not really sure, but it seems that Mathias has (among other things)
> raised this as an issue.  I would guess that places the onus on Joel to
> explain why he feels that this is not a problem in this case and finally
> the review wizard will have to consider the point in his decision to
> accept the request to place the library in the review queue.
> 
> I'm aware that decisions such of this can never be resolved
> definitively.  It's a feature of the legal system that the more time is
> expended, the more it serves the system rather then the rest of us.
> Basically they get paid to bikeshed. That's why we like to stay away
> from it.
> 
> But, I'm hopeful that we can get legitimate concerns addressed one way
> or another in an expedient way so we can all move forward.
> 

I'll be contacting the Conservancy's counsel to help navigate this. I'm
primarily concerned as member of the steering committee and secondarily
concerned as the review manager.

michael

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Michael Caisse
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