Free the DMD backend
Joakim via Digitalmars-d
digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Sat May 28 21:08:08 PDT 2016
On Sunday, 29 May 2016 at 03:52:33 UTC, open-source-guy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this is a short ping about one of D's weaknesses - the
> restrictive license for the backend. IIRC [1, 2, 3] the status
> is that because some parts have been written by Walter while he
> was employed by Symantec, it can't get an open-source license.
> When I read the backend license [4], I read the following:
>
> [...]
It would be nice if that happened, but Walter has said Symantec
isn't interested. Aren't ldc and GDC enough?
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