DMD back end dev-kit

[Bill Baxter]

It's been talked about before, but exactly how much money do the people 
who own the copyright to DMD's backend want in order to make it freely 
available freely -- as at least a lib?  It's hard to believe anyone 
would appraise that thing with a high dollar value given its less than 
stellar optimization abilities, and since everyone knows you can't make 
much money off dev tools these days anyway.

I'd happily chip in $100 US if it meant finally having an official D 
compiler that anyone can recompile for themselves just by typing "make dmd".

Or is it more a matter of not being able to find the copyright holders 
in question to ask them?  If so, give us the names and whatever info you 
have, and I bet someone will be able to track 'em down.

--bb