ANNOUNCEMENT: GNU-D opens up shop

[Bruno Medeiros]

Anders F Björklund wrote:
> Bruno Medeiros wrote:
> 
>>> DMD is copyright Digital Mars, and GDC is copyright David Friedman,
>>> DMD licensed under GPL v1 and GDC under GPL v2 (should be compatible)
>>>
>>> To *really* be "the GNU D Compiler", both of these must sign their
>>> copyright over to "Free Software Foundation, Inc.", I suppose... ?
> [...]
>> As I am a rabid fan of correct nomenclature (for those who haven't 
>> noticed...), if GDC is not GNU, then maybe it should not be called 
>> "GNU D Compiler". I don't know what it means to be "GNU" though (and 
>> I'm not bothered to check it out now), so I don't know if GDC is a 
>> "GNU D Compiler".
> 
> Normally it means that it is sanctioned by the Free Software Foundation.
> http://directory.fsf.org/GNU/
> 
> That is, that the software is part of the GNU project - not just GPL...
> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html
> 
> 
> For instance, the Linux kernel is GPL but not part of the GNU project.
> (GNU has their own kernel called HURD, but that's a whole other topic)
> 
> And you are right of course, we should get this matter sorted out good
> by getting both of Digital Mars and Free Software Foundation involved.
> 
> 
> The backup plan is "D Compiler for GCC", or even "D Front End for GCC"
> However, the others are called: GNU C Compiler, GNU C++ Compiler, etc.
> 
> --anders

What about simply "GCC D Compiler"?

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Bruno Medeiros - CS/E student
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