The Death of D. (Was Tango vs Phobos)

[Sean Kelly]

Nick B wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Paul D. Anderson wrote:
>>> But what I
>>> would really like to see (and I don't think it's asking too much) is
>>> a clear statement from Walter that he will indeed make the changes
>>> the Tango developers are asking for at some future date.
>>
>> In order for this to happen, I need a clear and unambiguous statement 
>> from the Tango developers that Phobos can incorporate parts of the 
>> Tango runtime and place them under the Phobos license. I have already 
>> provided a reciprocal license to Tango.
>>
>> I've asked for that for over a year, and so far only Sean and Don have 
>> done so.
>>
>> Such an agreement is necessary for the following reasons:
>>
>> 1. To ensure Phobos is free of any legal taint and any accusations of 
>> stealing code.
>>
>> 2. To avoid the untenable issue of a single module in Phobos having 
>> different license for different lines of code.
>>
>> 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 :-)
> 
> [Don wrote] The number of people that have touched the runtime layer of 
> Tango is very limited.
> 
> Walter has confirmed that Sean & Don gave given him the legal statement 
> he requires.
> 
> So who are the other Tango developers who have submitted code for the 
> runtime layer ?

Mikola Lysenko is the only one I can think of offhand, as Tango's Fiber 
implementation is based on his StackThreads.  Steve S. may be listed as 
a contributor for the Thread code as well.

> Would these developers like to comment as to why they would, or would 
> not, like to give such a legal statement to Walter ?

As the author of this code, I've long since given my permission.  I 
believe that's all that's necessary.


Sean