Problem with .deb packages

[Jason House]

grauzone Wrote:

> Daniel Keep wrote:
> > 
> > grauzone wrote:
> >> ...
> >>
> >> Now the irony is, that Wlater wouldn't even allow Debian to redistribute
> >> a properly packaged dmd... (if Debian wanted to)
> > 
> > Speak ye of the evil Wizard Wlater, previous servant of the dark empire
> > of Sym'n'tek?  :3
> 
> Oops.
> 
> > As for the distribution problem, I think it's because Walter *can't*
> > allow it to be freely redistributed.
> 
> Why not? It can't be for license reasons?

Sadly, that's exactly why. The backend is under restrictions Walter can't control. For a sillier example, there's a disclaimer that the code is not intended to work after 1999.