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From: René Ferdinand Rivera Morell (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-05-03 17:36:40


On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 11:50 AM Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> René Ferdinand Rivera Morell wrote:
> > I got the email below from discourse.boost.org (I had subscribed long ago).
> > So getting something was not unexpected. What I'm wondering about are this:
> >
> > Q: What is this new "Beman Project Development" thing about?
> > A: It's something from C++Now initiated by The Boost Foundation (DBA)
> >
> > Q: Did they get permission from the Beman family to use Beman Dawes' name
> > this way?
> > A: ??
>
> Q: Even if they had, is their use of Beman's name in good taste?

Taste is subjective. So all I can say is that I wouldn't use his name this way.

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