https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/6680

Yes, this is for real! Symantec has given their permission to relicense it. Thank you, Symantec!

On Friday, 7 April 2017 at 15:14:40 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/6680
>
> Yes, this is for real! Symantec has given their permission to relicense it. Thank you, Symantec!

Congratulations Walter!  This is marvellous news :-)

On Friday, 7 April 2017 at 15:14:40 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/6680
>
> Yes, this is for real! Symantec has given their permission to relicense it. Thank you, Symantec!

A great step forward for the language!

A huge thank you to everyone who made this happen.

On Friday, 7 April 2017 at 15:14:40 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/6680
>
> Yes, this is for real! Symantec has given their permission to relicense it. Thank you, Symantec!

Question: will this 'fix' be backported to existing stable releases?  Or will it just apply going forward?

I ask because it could make a difference to what is legally possible to package for e.g. Linux distros, etc.

On 4/7/2017 8:25 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
> Question: will this 'fix' be backported to existing stable releases?  Or will it
> just apply going forward?
>
> I ask because it could make a difference to what is legally possible to package
> for e.g. Linux distros, etc.

It applies to all of it!

On Friday, 7 April 2017 at 15:14:40 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/6680
>
> Yes, this is for real! Symantec has given their permission to relicense it. Thank you, Symantec!

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/6419py/the_official_d_compiler_is_now_free_as_in_freedom/

On 04/07/2017 12:01 PM, Jack Stouffer wrote:
> On Friday, 7 April 2017 at 15:14:40 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/6680
>>
>> Yes, this is for real! Symantec has given their permission to
>> relicense it. Thank you, Symantec!
>
> Reddit:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/6419py/the_official_d_compiler_is_now_free_as_in_freedom/

Thanks, someone also put it on hackernews - found it by browsing for "new" threads. -- Andrei

Walter Bright wrote:

> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/6680
>
> Yes, this is for real! Symantec has given their permission to relicense it. Thank you, Symantec!

i don't even know what to say... thank you! i didn't even hoped that this will happen. what a glorious day today.

On Friday, 7 April 2017 at 15:14:40 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/6680
>
> Yes, this is for real! Symantec has given their permission to relicense it. Thank you, Symantec!

Good news. Question:

Does this apply from now or can the previous DMD releases also be considered as 100% Boost licensed ?

On 4/7/2017 9:15 AM, Basile B. wrote:
> Does this apply from now or can the previous DMD releases also be considered as
> 100% Boost licensed ?

All of it!