Maciej Sobczak wrote:
Mateusz Loskot wrote:
However, I'm not sure what would approval process mean for projects that use Boost libraries, literally, do #include <boost/....hpp> in their sources and want to put "Powered By Boost" logo on their websites IMHO, permission to use this logo should be granted in that cases without restrictions.
In which case the whole concept will diffuse as it will be no different than "Powered by STL" or "Powered by IOStreams".
And, to be frank, as long as Boost libraries are *libraries* and not frameworks or containers or application servers or whatever else that actively drives the system instead of being a helpful utility, the whole concept of being "Powered by Boost" is questionable.
I don't see strong correspondence between Powered By STL and Powered By Boost. The former is too virtual and there are many implementations, but the latter is unique, a recognised project, a particular organisation and community. OTOH, Powered By Boost could be used as a word of appreciation expressed by a project to Boost, regardless of how much boost gets a project from Boost, in terms of how many libraries/elements it uses.
"Boosted by Boost" would be much more relevant.
OK, that was a joke. ;-)
:) Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net