On Tuesday, 7 July 2020 at 07:49:02 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 7/5/2020 5:46 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
On Sunday, 5 July 2020 at 11:07:55 UTC, 9il wrote:
There is no risk for DMD and DFL to depend on a Mir's Boost
licensed library. If something happens with Mir or Mir change
the license, DFL will be able to fork the required code at
any point in the Boost licensed part of git history.
Can't speak for Walter or the D foundation here, but I'm not
sure the concern is really about licensing. It's about
putting in place a required dependency on code where
maintenance decisions are outside the hands of the D
Foundation.
That's right, it's not about the licensing. It's that the DLF
should control the code it distributes.
Businesses will not want to commit to a balkanized project.
The proposal is for Mir to become a central required component
of DMD and Phobos. This means it needs to become part of the D
Language Foundation.
These don't serve my business needs. DLF doesn't serve my
business needs. DLF blocks the initiatives my business needs. For
the current state of things being a part of DLF codebase for Mir
is nonsense.
