Is D not-for-profit or not?!

[Simen kjaeraas]

Caligo <iteronvexor at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu <
> SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> On 01/30/2011 08:27 AM, retard wrote:
>>
>>> I also doubt you can make
>>> the dmc/dmd backend FOSS with any sum of money. If you wanted some
>>> changes badly, I'd recommend donating the money to some democratic
>>> community language without any BDFL persons.
>>>
>>
>> I think that's just false. With money the backend could be bought from
>> Symantec.
>>
>> Andrei
>>
>
> What is so great about this back-end (no offense)?  Why can it not be
> replaced with something like LLVM or GCC?  Why can we not have LDC or  
> GDC be
> the official compiler?

Walter is intimately familiar with the current back-end, and he (perhaps
rightly) fears that if he looks at other back-ends, he is much more
likely to be sued for copyright infringement.

-- 
Simen