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 mean, a while back with Hana, there was a storm in a teacup over the fact it was named after a product by a well known multinational. That was worrying over nothing (trademarks in different domains do not conflict), but somebody actively suing users of a potential Boost library is a real concern. Also, if SIMD enters Boost and then someone adds features to it like support for ARM, will they get sued for stealing IP from the commercial edition? Because even if they demonstrably could not have stolen the IP, it's the legal costs of proving you didn't do anything wrong which can be ruinous. Niall -- ned Productions Limited Consulting http://www.nedproductions.biz/ http://ie.linkedin.com/in/nialldouglas/