The Death of D. (Was Tango vs Phobos)

[Walter Bright]

Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> I have explained this to the main Tango developers on multiple
>> occasions. It is their right and privilege to license Tango as they see
>> fit, and I respect that and so have not spoken out on it before. But in
>> this thread I am being cast as a roadblock, which I feel is a little
>> unfair, so I will loosen my tongue and speak up a bit :-)
> 
> And we have on equally many occasions told you that the code you need is
> available. :)

I respectfully disagree. The Tango team has stopped short of providing a 
license to use the Tango code in Phobos with a reciprocal agreement that 
allows it to be distributed under the Phobos license. I also cannot 
accept something vague, it has to be explicit.

I've dealt with lawyers many times, and spelling it out directly and 
explicitly avoids a lot of future potential problems. Furthermore, if 
Phobos has a wishy-washy legal pedigree, corporate lawyers will not buy 
off on allowing D to be used in their companies.

This issue must be settled in advance of looking at Tango, not after the 
fact.