Compiling with gdc vs. gdmd

[Kagamin]

On Friday, 6 April 2012 at 13:00:34 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling 
wrote:
> Yes, but -- if I understand correctly -- the Waf binary is 
> provided as an integral part of the source distribution.  It's 
> not just another program that sits elsewhere on your computer 
> and can be installed independently.
>
> In fact, the zipped-up wscript is contained within the build 
> script as a binary blob, no?  This alone is enough to make it 
> fall under the GPL provisions.

GPL doesn't prohibit distribution in binary form, it's about 
rights, not form. For example, Linux is distributed in binary 
form and that's not a problem. Though, it's a perfectly 
meaningful demand to have waf sources in repository. A 
source-only package should not cause any harm, should it?