[dmd-internals] DMD copyright assignment

[Walter Bright via dmd-internals]

On 6/24/2014 8:10 AM, Steven Schveighoffer via dmd-internals wrote:
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> We don't really care about tango's XML library's license. It's license is incompatible (note that libmysql's license IS currently incompatible), it won't destroy D. We can survive by using a compatible XML library, or writing our own. Really the arguments are exactly the same.

I've stated numerous times that one module going awry in Phobos will not destroy 
D, as it can be replaced. That's a lot harder with dmd. How, for example, would 
Kenji's pervasive and intricate contributions be unwound?

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> I think instead of playing a guessing game as to what some future event might do to DMD, let's first actually show what event can happen besides some nebulous unproven concerns. Living in constant fear of the unknown is not a way to plan for the future. So far, the example problems we've been given would not be solved by having sole ownership of the copyright of DMD or Phobos.
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If Digital Mars owned the Tango XML copyright, we wouldn't be faced with 
rewriting it from scratch, which is the problem we have right now. We also 
wouldn't have had to abandon ddbg.