The dmd compiler license

Daniel Keep daniel.keep.lists at gmail.com
Tue Jun 23 21:07:41 PDT 2009



Michiel Helvensteijn wrote:
> I'd be much more worried about these lines:
> 
>>> It has not undergone testing

Walter has a test suite for DMD, and there's the huge one on (I think)
puremagic.

>>> The Software was not designed to operate after December 31, 1999.

OH NO!  All our programs will stop compiling on Jan 1 2000... wait...

>>> No support or maintenance is provided with this Software.

I think the existence of these forums and the bugtracker says otherwise.

> Those are pretty direct statements about the state of the compiler. The rest
> is pretty vague; standard disclaimer stuff.

No, I think they are also of a "you can't sue me if it asplodes" nature.



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