D and FreeBSD

[Jona Joachim]

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:30:36 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:

> Jona Joachim wrote:
>> 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__'
> 
> If there are any problems using GDC, please report them to the D.gnu 
> newsgroup here or d.D.bugs.
> 
>> 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."
> 
> Yes, it's ok.

I missed something obvious:
The Linux version of DMD still produces Linux ELF binaries. I don't think
the FreeBSD version of ld can link Linux object files.