ANNOUNCEMENT: GNU-D opens up shop

[Kyle Furlong]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Kyle Furlong wrote:
>> I think we can reasonably say... TROLL ALERT. Everyone, for Bob's 
>> sake, just go to www.dsource.org, pick a project or start your own, 
>> and get to work.
> 
> Gabe isn't a troll. I've never known a troll to purchase a domain name 
> and set up a web site on it for that purpose: http://www.gnu-d.org
> 
> I do think he's enthusiastic, and that's great! It's good for any 
> community to have enthusiastic new members with ideas, especially if 
> those ideas are disruptive. We should always be ready to reexamine our 
> assumptions about what we're doing to make sure we're not deluding 
> ourselves or overlooking the obvious.
> 
> For example, Gabe believes there is something wrong with the licensing 
> for D, something that the GPL or LGPL would fix. I don't understand 
> this, as the front end is GPL, gdc is fully GPL, and Phobos is either 
> public domain or a far less restrictive license than even LGPL. I saw a 
> similar comment on Digg. So something is giving the impression that D 
> has a restrictive license.
> 
> I want to find out what that is, and fix it.
> 
> He's proposed establishing a wiki for D. There are already several 
> (listed on http://www.digitalmars.com/d/dlinks.html). If those are 
> inadequate, I want to know why.
> 
> I think he's overlooked Dsource. That's probably my fault, as the link 
> to it is buried. I've now put a link to it on the front page.
> 
> Some of his comments are spot on, like the documentation being not good 
> enough.
> 
> Gabe can be a valuable contributor. I hope he sticks around and helps 
> out where his interests lead him.

You are right, I was premature with the troll accusation.