DVCS (was Re: Moving to D)

[Brad Roberts]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011, Walter Bright wrote:

> Robert Clipsham wrote:
> > Speaking of which, are you able to remove the "The Software was not designed
> > to operate after December 31, 1999" sentence at all, or does that require
> > you to mess around contacting symantec? Not that anyone reads it, it is kind
> > of off putting to see that over a decade later though for anyone who bothers
> > reading it :P
> 
> Consider it like the DNA we all still carry around for fish gills!

In all seriousness, the backend license makes dmd look very strange.  It 
threw the lawyers I consulted for a serious loop.  At a casual glance it 
gives the impression of software that's massively out of date and out of 
touch with the real world.

I know that updating it would likely be very painful, but is it just 
painful or impossible?  Is it something that money could solve?

I'd chip in to a fund to replace the license with something less... odd.

Later,
Brad