Re: [Boost-users] Ownership of Boost IP?

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-04 12:56:41

Bronek Kozicki wrote:
> james.jones_at_[hidden] wrote:
>> course, they might reply: "Fine, once it gets into standard libraries
>> you can use it." Which means you're waiting years.)
>
> ... or just buy Dinkumware's implementation of TR2 . TR2 *is* a
> standard, although spearate one from ISO 14882.

Nah, TR2 hasn't been written yet :-)

TR1 has been written and published:  incidently ISO requires that all 
applicable patents are declared before a standard is ratified.  Should 
someone submit something to an ISO std and then release their patent on the 
world after the effect (so called "submarine" patents), their patent gets 
declared invalid.  Of course that doesn't stop some third party declaring 
that something was included in a std without their knowledge.

John.