On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 02:11:49 -0700, Walter Bright wrote: > On 7/20/2015 1:40 AM, Kagamin wrote: >> On Monday, 20 July 2015 at 04:35:30 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: >>> But I view the backend license encumbrance as more of a theoretical >>> issue than a practical one - the license is extremely permissive. >>> There isn't that much more to it than agreeing to not sue Symantec. >> >> Redistribution is explicitly disallowed though (i.e. one can't fork it >> on github without individual permission). > > Yeah, well, I've never denied anyone permission, and the only point of > that is they have to agree not to sue Symantec.
but still, the backend license is what blocks including DMD in some GNU/ Linux distros repositories, 'cause "The Software is copyrighted and comes with a single user license, and may not be redistributed." this effectively blocks all non-source-based distros from redistributing DMD as distro package (both in compiled and in source forms).
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