Re: [boost] Microsoft vs The Boost License

Subject: Re: [boost] Microsoft vs The Boost License
From: Alexander Zaitsev (zamazan4ik_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-08-05 14:08:26

Hello.

What do you want instead of Boost license? GPLv3? :)

05.08.2017 17:04, Phil Bouchard via Boost пишет:
> 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
>
>
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