[boost] Microsoft vs The Boost License

Subject: [boost] Microsoft vs The Boost License
From: Phil Bouchard (philippeb8_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-08-05 14:04:15

Hi,

Just to put everybody in context:

1) Microsoft had invested into Corel so that they get rid of Corel Linux 
back in 2000 when I was working there:
https://www.forbes.com/2000/10/03/1003corel.html

2) Microsoft once again copied my Fornux PowerCalc after I had presented 
it to them using some web interface:
http://www.fornux.com/

With their Microsoft PowerToys:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerToys#Included_applications

3) And now here I am with Microsoft trying to copy the idea behind 
root_ptr's node_proxy:
https://github.com/philippeb8/root_ptr

With their "deferred_ptr heap":
https://github.com/hsutter/gcpp

So for some reason I do not trust Microsoft. And I was wondering if the 
Boost license protects us from an idea behind a library we wrote. 
Otherwise this makes the Boost license not very useful.

Thanks a lot for your help!
-Phil