This morning I was contacted by Anuj Agarwal, the Founder of Feedspot, who told me http://GtkDcoding.com has been recognized as one of the top 100 blogs for programmers. It's currently listed as #71.

Anuj said:
"I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog gtkDcoding
has been selected by our panelist as one of the Top 100 Programming Blogs on the web.

https://blog.feedspot.com/programming_blogs/


I personally give you a high-five and want to thank you for your contribution to this world. This is the most comprehensive list of Top 100 Programming Blogs
on the internet and I'm honored to have you as part of this!"

On Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 15:21:30 UTC, Ron Tarrant wrote:
> This morning I was contacted by Anuj Agarwal, the Founder of Feedspot, who told me http://GtkDcoding.com has been recognized as one of the top 100 blogs for programmers. It's currently listed as #71.
>
> Anuj said:
> "I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog gtkDcoding
> has been selected by our panelist as one of the Top 100 Programming Blogs on the web.
>
> https://blog.feedspot.com/programming_blogs/
>
>
> I personally give you a high-five and want to thank you for your contribution to this world. This is the most comprehensive list of Top 100 Programming Blogs
> on the internet and I'm honored to have you as part of this!"

Congratulations!

On Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 15:21:30 UTC, Ron Tarrant wrote:
> This morning I was contacted by Anuj Agarwal, the Founder of Feedspot, who told me http://GtkDcoding.com has been recognized as one of the top 100 blogs for programmers. It's currently listed as #71.

Well done!

Bastiaan.

On Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 22:23:33 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:

> Well done!
>
> Bastiaan.

On Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 19:11:48 UTC, M.M. wrote:

> Congratulations!

Thanks, guys. I'm hoping this will help brighten the spotlight on the D language. TIOBE (https://archive.ph/E3Xu7) has D rising fast in popularity. If I can help in some small way to keep this momentum going, then I'm a cappy hamper.

On Thursday, 6 February 2020 at 10:34:16 UTC, Ron Tarrant wrote:
> On Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 22:23:33 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:
>
>> Well done!
>>
>> Bastiaan.
>
> On Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 19:11:48 UTC, M.M. wrote:
>
>> Congratulations!
>
> Thanks, guys. I'm hoping this will help brighten the spotlight on the D language. TIOBE (https://archive.ph/E3Xu7) has D rising fast in popularity. If I can help in some small way to keep this momentum going, then I'm a cappy hamper.

These are exactly the things that were a little bit missing in the D world. Usage of it and advertisement of its usage.

Congrats for your blog.

On Friday, 7 February 2020 at 10:33:36 UTC, Patrick Schluter wrote:

> These are exactly the things that were a little bit missing in the D world. Usage of it and advertisement of its usage.

Indeed. If anyone has more ideas on how to get the word out for D, GtkD, and GtkDcoding, please jump in.

> Congrats for your blog.

Thanks, Patrick.

On Friday, 7 February 2020 at 13:21:00 UTC, Ron Tarrant wrote:
> On Friday, 7 February 2020 at 10:33:36 UTC, Patrick Schluter wrote:
>
>> These are exactly the things that were a little bit missing in the D world. Usage of it and advertisement of its usage.
>
> Indeed. If anyone has more ideas on how to get the word out for D, GtkD, and GtkDcoding, please jump in.
>
>> Congrats for your blog.
>
> Thanks, Patrick.

Also from me congratulations!

GtkD (GTK) are a great piece of software and your tutorials are fantastic to get into it.

Now the sad part. I would like to use GtkD at work but I can't. The license is really dangerous for companies (you compile lGpl source code into your application), therefore it is a complete no go from the IP department. The license is a huge blocker for GtkD commercial usage.

I would like to run GTK applications in the browser (broadway html5). Due to the license issue I have to use the C api):

I hope the authors of GtkD could change their mind in future.

Kind regards
Andre

On Friday, 7 February 2020 at 14:23:58 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:
> [snip]
>
> I would like to run GTK applications in the browser (broadway html5). Due to the license issue I have to use the C api):
>

As someone who doesn't use these, but has been following the GtkDcoding blog, what exactly is the licensing issue for GtkD versus using GTK directly via the C api? Both GtkD and GTK use the LGPL license. It looks like GtkD has some exceptions in theirs, but they don't seem that onerous.

On Fri, 2020-02-07 at 14:23 +0000, Andre Pany via Digitalmars-d- announce wrote:
> […]
> 
> Now the sad part. I would like to use GtkD at work but I can't. The license is really dangerous for companies (you compile lGpl source code into your application), therefore it is a complete no go from the IP department. The license is a huge blocker for GtkD commercial usage.

I am sure there will be a time in the future when people treat software licencing as a thing with facts and legal positions in various jurisdictions rather than a over-emotional panic station.

True companies have convinced themselves that only licences that allow stealing of others' intellectual work are acceptable to business, but then that is the point, they can steal the intellectual work with impugnity.

> I would like to run GTK applications in the browser (broadway html5). Due to the license issue I have to use the C api):
> 
> I hope the authors of GtkD could change their mind in future.

LGPL is a perfectly reasonable licence for Gtk and GtkD, it is not the bogey-licence that all the knee-jerk emotional reaction claims. LGPL is not GPL.

Almost all software developers I know who express strong opinions on software licencing are doing so based on a complete lack of knowledge of the law and thus the actual reality of software licencing.

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On Friday, 7 February 2020 at 15:05:13 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> True companies have convinced themselves that only licences that allow stealing of others' intellectual work are acceptable to business, but then that is the point, they can steal the intellectual work with impugnity.

A rant of my own:

The push against the GPL is mostly by those who want free software to mean "free labor". GPL software can be dual licensed. Companies can pay for an alternative licensing arrangement if it's that valuable to them. Instead they want "free" software that allows them to avoid payment while imposing restrictions on how others use the software.