On Sep 5, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Jens Müller
Am 04.09.2012 18:16, schrieb Paul A. Bristow:
Because Boost is a leader in software development, that a library is accepted for Boost makes it very much less likely that it is already patented, and the code being placed in the public domain may provide evidence of 'prior art' to thwart future attempts to obtain a patent.
Do you have formal escrow procedures for that?
To proof mere existence in a legally sustainable way, it would be sufficient to apply cryptographically signed timestamps.
German law provides for "qualified timestamps" (§ 9 Signaturgesetz). I think they are based on European directives. What I don't know is whether there are similar concepts in other important jurisdictions such as the US.
No, Boost does not. We've got svn history (and before that, cvs), and a whole slew of mailing list archives. -- Marshall Marshall Clow Idio Software mailto:mclow.lists@gmail.com A.D. 1517: Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the church door and is promptly moderated down to (-1, Flamebait). -- Yu Suzuki