Re: [boost] A Follow Up to My Original Note Re The Future of Boost

On 8/1/24 16:16, Vinnie Falco wrote:

On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 5:12 AM Andrey Semashev via Boost wrote:

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I cannot be sure that his devotion to Boost won't change in the future or that he won't try to transform Boost into something that is not accepted by the wider Boost community.

The Alliance would be administering:

* The boost.org domain * Related cloud services

The Alliance cannot "transform Boost" with this any more than the Foundation could. We do not control the GitHub organization or the library repositories. The new website has been licensed under the BSL and donated. The idea that control of the domain equates to control over Boost is not a serious one.

I disagree. The list above is incomplete, there are also the logo (with the currently controversial terms of use), the website, social network accounts, the mailing list and all related infrastructure. You yourself admitted it is becoming increasingly difficult to pick people who are not affiliated with The C++ Alliance to fill important roles, such as review managers and reviewers. Given that you alone are funding the Alliance, I'd say you have a pretty strong leverage on it, and by extension on Boost.

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Regarding The C++ Alliance organization, its mission statement (https://cppalliance.org/#mission) doesn't even mention Boost.

Mission statements don't really mean much. They aren't legally enforceable and they can be changed at any time. The behavior over time is more reflective of intent than verbal postures. We could update the Alliance mission statement if you want...

Mission statement is a declaration of intended goals of the organization. I assume it should be taken into account in the decision making process within the organization. And while not legally enforceable externally, it may be enforceable internally, if internal regulations are defined accordingly. In any case, since I'm not a member of The C++ Alliance, it doesn't really matter what I want. Mission statement is what you, the Alliance, want. I'm just comparing the declared goals of the two orgs.