Re: [boost] [simd] Hardware support

On Apr 8, 2017, at 6:49 AM, Niall Douglas via Boost wrote:

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I personally have severe concerns about all aspects of intellectual property surrounding that library and the people behind it. For example, when I did a talk about Boost.SIMD at a conference using nothing but open-source material, my employer received a cease-and-desist letter and was asked to destroy all material related to Boost.SIMD as NumScale claimed it was their property. My employer complied to be on the safe side.

I believe that during the review we should definitely take into account how the existence of the two versions of the software can be harmful to users.

Eh, sorry, are you saying that anybody who uses Boost.SIMD may receive a cease and desist legal order from the people behind its commercial edition? Because if so, I think the SFF of which Boost is a part would say that means that library cannot enter Boost due to being of uncertain legal providence.

I have used Boost.SIMD in some simulations, wrote a blog post about that [1] and presented it in talks at C++ conferences [2,3]. This is about as public as one can use an OS library. So I can ensure you that using Boost.SIMD is no different then any other library in this regard. Best, Mario [1] https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/841136/Boosting-ODE-simulations-with-Bo... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN8MFFvRl50 [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGQ6uYjlYR0