Lack of open source shown as negative part of D on Dr. Dobbs

[deadalnix]

Le 09/05/2012 23:31, Joseph Rushton Wakeling a écrit :
> On a more practical level, the inability of 3rd parties to distribute
> DMD could have an effect in limiting points of access to the software,
> with corresponding effects on the possible channels of contribution. The
> ability to scale up the number of distribution and contribution channels
> is going to be increasingly important as D develops.

And even more practical : I can't bundle dmd with an IDE for D to 
provide an easy setup for a user. I can't create a repository where dmd 
sit in to make it easy t install on linux. This make it harder for 
beginner to get started with D.

I can't even fork dmd. And this is probably the most important one.

FOSS typically work in a dictatorship manner. This is ok, because the 
dictator HAVE TO do the right thing, or the project will fork and a new 
dictator will take the lead.

Having a non open source compiler as reference implementation is a major 
issue. Unless you are microsoft, google or some other huge company, you 
can't afford that.

Walter is arming his baby by trying to protect it.