[LLVMdev] Forward: Discussion about custom memory allocators for STL

[Joachim Durchholz]

Am Sonntag, den 18.05.2008, 20:39 -0400 schrieb me22:
> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Dominic Hamon <dom.hamon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It has also been mentioned that it is also true for LLVM itself, and it
> > is. However, the amount of code in LLVM, and the specific nature of its
> > usage and what it is for lends itself to better contribution tracking
> > immediately. Boost is a nebulous piece of software with a wide range of
> > functionality.
> 
> If I were worrying about patents, though, I'd be much more worried
> about LLVM than Boost.  Much of Boost is original, and could well be
> prior art against patent claims, whereas LLVM could easily use a
> patented register allocator or similar without anyone knowing.

Actually it's not patents (where origin of code is irrelevant) but
copyright (where it is).

I'd like to see some more specific statements about what the IP lawyers
at Dominic's company did. If they aren't too familiar with Open Source,
they simply might have looked in the wrong places.

Regards,
Jo