licensing confusion :(

2014-07-13 Thread dcoder via Digitalmars-d
I am not sure if this is the right place to be posting a question on licensing, but hopefully so... I wonder if someone can explain the implications of using the dmd compiler which has (if my understanding is correct) a proprietary backend; how might this affect the commercial distribution of a

Re: licensing confusion :(

2014-07-13 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
On 7/13/2014 8:21 PM, dcoder wrote: If I compile a project down to an executable by way of dmd, then would I need permission to distribute that executable as a commercial project? No. Feel free. You are only obliged to not sue Symantec or Digital Mars over the behavior of that generated

Re: licensing confusion :(

2014-07-13 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
On 14/07/2014 3:21 p.m., dcoder wrote: I am not sure if this is the right place to be posting a question on licensing, but hopefully so... I wonder if someone can explain the implications of using the dmd compiler which has (if my understanding is correct) a proprietary backend; how might this

Re: licensing confusion :(

2014-07-13 Thread Jesse Phillips via Digitalmars-d
If I compile a project down to an executable by way of dmd, then would I need permission to distribute that executable as a commercial project? No.

Re: licensing confusion :(

2014-07-13 Thread dcoder via Digitalmars-d
Well that was not so hard... Thanks everyone for nearly instantaneously clearing that up for me. :D