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

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Joseph Rushton Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling at webdrake.net> wrote in message 
news:mailman.500.1336605832.24740.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
> On 10/05/12 01:14, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>
>> So are you proposing that we rewrite the dmd backend with fresh code
>> that's not encumbered by the current license?
>
> I think there are a number of possible solutions, including not just a 
> rewrite but also just blessing either GDC or LDC as the reference 
> implementation once their D2 support has reached maturity/parallel with 
> DMD.  I'd favour LDC, to avoid the negative associations some people have 
> with the GNU project.

LDC would need to get their Windows support into a usable state for that to 
happen. Last I checked (admittedly awhile ago), there didn't seem to be any 
movement in that direction.