== Quote from Diego Cano Lagneaux (d.cano.lagne...@gmail.com)'s article > En Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:36:10 +0100, J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me M. Berger <jeberger= > @free.fr> = > escribi=C3=B3: > > Diego Cano Lagneaux wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Of which there are very few. A linux distro or community repository= > >>>> cannot distribute dmd at all, it is prohibited by the license. This= > is > >>>> primarily a practical issue, not an ideological one. > >>> > >>> Right.. I forgot the issue is also practical. If DigitalMars doesn't= > >>> allow redistribution, they simply cannot include it even if they = > >>> wanted. > >>> > >> ArchLinux includes dmd (version 1) in its community repo. It does not= > >> seem so impossible as you say. > > > > Are you sure? Here, "yaourt -Ss dmd" only show results from AUR > > (which means that they download from DigitalMars anyway) > > > > Jerome > Using pacman to avoid AUR results: > ~> pacman -Ss dmd > community/dmd 1.058-1 > The Digital Mars D compiler.
Flashplayer is distributed via installing a "download, unpack and install" script on systems. There's nothing stopping vendors from using the same technique for DMD. Iain
