Re: MS STL now open source (and using Boost)

From: Kenneth Porter (shiva_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-09-17 18:26:11

--On Tuesday, September 17, 2019 11:35 AM -0700 Robert Ramey via Boost 
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hmmmm - so boost writes something, it gets added to the standard, then
> the vendor, copies in the boost version and releases it as  part of their
> product.

So you're getting free distribution and support for your product instead of 
having to do it yourself.

The big winners of copyright changes were the big distribution companies, 
not the artists. Now they're threatened by "open source" indie artists 
distributing on Youtube and collecting income through ads and through 
patronage systems.