[dmd-internals] DMD copyright assignment

[Walter Bright via dmd-internals]

On 6/26/2014 8:39 AM, Steven Schveighoffer via dmd-internals wrote:
> Imagine there is some project that I want to donate my code to, besides D. And the owner of the project has some sort of paranoia about licenses, and doesn't like the boost license. He requires me to change it to Grandma's Super License (I think that was brought up earlier), which I have no problem with. If I've given DM the copyright ownership of the license, then I have to get permission from DM to relicense my own code.

And I would have no reservations about providing such permission on behalf of 
the D community. Note that I already gave Tango permission to relicense my code 
under a more restrictive license.


>   Even if DM is accommodating on that, it makes no sense to insert them between us. As you cannot bring yourself to trust any contributor,

It's not just that. Contributors disappear now and then. This has happened 
multiple times to me and others - the email addresses just go dead.


>   why should we all trust you and DM's heirs implicitly? If you can come up with a good reason, I could consider it.


Because I have a documented history of providing such permission (to Tango, in 
particular). I have tried to be a good steward of D's IP on behalf of the D 
community, and fully intend to continue to do so and justify the community's 
trust in me to be BDFL of it.