including dmd's response.c in gdc

Nils Boßung nilsbossung at googlemail.com
Fri Jan 18 13:18:00 PST 2013


I'm trying to bring @cmdfile functionality to gdmd. I looked at ldc's ldmd, 
and they simply use dmd's root/response.c. Could I just include it in gdc, 
too?

response.c itself says:
> * This source file is made available for personal use
> * only. The license is in backendlicense.txt
> * For any other uses, please contact Digital Mars.

And backendlicense.txt says:
> The Software is copyrighted and comes with a single user license,
> and may not be redistributed. If you wish to obtain a redistribution 
license,
> please contact Digital Mars.

Doesn't look compatible with GPL to me. Could Digital Mars grant rights to 
redistribute it under GPL?

Then again, no other files in root are licensed that way, most say:
> // License for redistribution is by either the Artistic License
> // in artistic.txt, or the GNU General Public License in gnu.txt.
> // See the included readme.txt for details.

Has response.c simply been overlooked?



More information about the Digitalmars-d mailing list