Rene Rivera wrote:
Mateusz Loskot wrote:
Today, my friend was told (warned) on the #c++ IRC channel that Boost uses some technologies already patented by IBM (and may be other entities), like RCU or SMR (and may be more).
What is RCU and SMR?
AFAIR, these abbreviations stand for: - Read-Copy-Update - Safe Memory Reclamation
2. If it does, and for example it uses some in library X, does it mean I can not use library Y (without copying X) in my program because of patents-derived restrictions? In other words, if Boost uses any patented technologies in library X, does it influence other libraries? What are implications regarding it?
You should ask a suitably competent patent lawyer that, since it seems a general patent applicability question.
Yes, I understand. Cheers -- Mateusz Loskot http://mateusz.loskot.net