Code Poet, an IDE for D

Robert Jacques sandford at jhu.edu
Thu Nov 12 16:06:30 PST 2009


On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:34:31 -0500, Walter Bright  
<newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> dsimcha wrote:
>> I thought (I'm not 100% sure on either of these counts) that:
>>  1.  We don't want anything in Phobos that requires attribution for  
>> works
>> distributed exclusively in binary form, even if the license is otherwise
>> permissive.  This means we can't use BSD-licensed code in Phobos.
>
> Right.
>
>> 2.  Creative commons isn't entirely clear about whether attribution  
>> would be
>> required for stuff distributed in pure binary form.
>
> Hmm. That would be a problem.

Binary form counts as a derivative work, so unless it's specifically  
waived you have to included it.


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