The Death of D. (Was Tango vs Phobos)

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Paul D. Anderson Wrote:

> Walter Bright Wrote:
> 
> > Paul D. Anderson wrote:
> > > But what I
> > > would really like to see (and I don't think it's asking too much) is
> > > a clear statement from Walter that he will indeed make the changes
> > > the Tango developers are asking for at some future date.
> > 
> > In order for this to happen, I need a clear and unambiguous statement 
> > from the Tango developers that Phobos can incorporate parts of the Tango 
> > runtime and place them under the Phobos license. I have already provided 
> > a reciprocal license to Tango.
> > 
> > I've asked for that for over a year, and so far only Sean and Don have 
> > done so.
> > 
> > Such an agreement is necessary for the following reasons:
> > 
> > 1. To ensure Phobos is free of any legal taint and any accusations of 
> > stealing code.
> > 
> > 2. To avoid the untenable issue of a single module in Phobos having 
> > different license for different lines of code.
> > 
> > I have explained this to the main Tango developers on multiple 
> > occasions. It is their right and privilege to license Tango as they see 
> > fit, and I respect that and so have not spoken out on it before. But in 
> > this thread I am being cast as a roadblock, which I feel is a little 
> > unfair, so I will loosen my tongue and speak up a bit :-)
> 
> Thanks for clarifying this, and I apologize, Walter, and reiterate my appreciation for what you do. But I was expressing my frustration at what I thought the situation was. If there was discussion about licensing issues I missed it. (I missed your earlier post in this thread because I was busy "composing" my tirade.)
> 
> From my point of view this puts the ball squarely back in Tango's court. Is there a fundamental problem here? Can we move forward?
> 
> Paul

Hullo,

Thats not happening now or recently. The ball its been rotting in Tango's court for one year plus. This is huge. I might need a couple days to process this information. Naming names is scary but, ..... is Walter saying Kris and Lars "MI Is Evil" Igesund deliberately prevented unification progress?

One thing for sure. 

assert(cat !in bag);

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