D and FreeBSD

[Kyle Furlong]

Jona Joachim wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm very new to D and I appreciate it very much.
> It's what C++ should have been in the first place IMHO.
> 
> I'm a FreeBSD user so I'd like to see the D programming language evolve on
> this OS, too.
> When I saw that wxD 0.07 was released I decided to give it a try and
> ported it to FreeBSD. It wasn't really difficult.
> I built it using GDC exclusively as DMD is not available in the FreeBSD
> ports.
> Do you think there are any concerns about building the sources with GDC
> instead of DMD? All test programs seamed to work fine. The only warning I
> got during the build process was:
> 
> gdc: unrecognized option `-version=__WXGTK__'
> 
> Furthermore I'd like to know if the DMD license allows me to write a
> FreeBSD port of DMD which installs the Linux binary distribution and runs
> it under the FreeBSD Linux compatibility layer. The port would fetch the
> distfiles automatically from the Digital Mars FTP server and install them
> locally.
> Is this in accordance with:
> "The Software is copyrighted and comes with a single user license,
> 
> and may not be redistributed. If you wish to obtain a redistribution license,
> 
> please contact Digital Mars."
> 
> If not, is it ok if the user fetches the distfiles manually and the port
> installs the binaries?
> 
> Do you think Digital Mars would provide FreeBSD binaries if there is
> enough interest from the FreeBSD users?
> 
> Best regards,
> Jona

While I don't know the legality for certain, I'm sure such an effort 
would be most welcome! :-D

-- 
Kyle Furlong // Physics Undergrad, UCSB

"D is going wherever the D community wants it to go." - Walter Bright