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From: Joel de Guzman (djowel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-07-18 23:33:53


On 7/19/24 6:40 AM, René Ferdinand Rivera Morell via Boost wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 5:34 PM Andrey Semashev via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> On 7/19/24 01:24, René Ferdinand Rivera Morell wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM Andrey Semashev via Boost
>>> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>> Or just reject the new logo along with its terms of use and stick with
>>>> the current one.
>>> I'm confused. How does the current logo not have the same, or worse,
>>> re-use license problems in your oppinion?
>> I'm assuming, Boost is in its rights to distribute the current logo
>> under BSL. Because that is what's being communicated to users on every
>> page that says it's distributed under BSL. Let alone the official Boost
>> packages themselves, which contain the license text and the logo. And
>> it's been this way for decades.
>>
>> If this is not the case then we have a major legal issue and should
>> obtain the license ASAP or remove the logo. In which case, my stance
>> wrt. the current logo is pretty much the same as what I said about the
>> proposed new logo.
> We've had "a major legal issue" for 18 years with regards to the logo.
>
Has anyone contacted Zoltan Juhasz regarding this?

Regards,

-- 
Joel de Guzman
Cycfi Research, Inc.

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