The Death of D. (Was Tango vs Phobos)

[Lars Ivar Igesund]

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 :-)

And we have on equally many occasions told you that the code you need is
available. :)

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