Is D not-for-profit or not?!

[Walter Bright]

Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
> On 01/30/2011 12:56 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>> On Saturday 29 January 2011 21:41:28 Jack wrote:
>>> Tell!
>>
>> No trolling please.
> 
> It's a legitimate question, one that's been asked many times, and one 
> that I've never seen Walter answer. Instead, we have people who fill in 
> answers for him.
> 
> I think it would make people more comfortable to know what Walter thinks 
> with regard to D and money. Is he in it for money? If so, how does he 
> plan to make it?
> 
> There's nothing wrong with being in it for money, but it would be nice 
> to know up front and in what manner.

Paid speaking engagements, hosting conferences, paid support, training, 
consulting, etc.


>> D is a programming language. There's nothing about D which would be 
>> for profit or
>> not for profit. You don't sell a programming language.
> 
> Tell Google that programming languages aren't sold. They're being sued 
> by Oracle for essentially implementing Java. One of the big reasons 
> Oracle bought Sun was to get Java.

There are no D patents or trademarks.