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April 08, 2006 Wiki D Programming Book | ||||
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I discovered this today. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:D I suggest that we combine our efforts to fill in the blanks and create a useful programming guide for D. -- Derek Parnell Melbourne, Australia |
April 08, 2006 Re: Wiki D Programming Book | ||||
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Posted in reply to Derek Parnell | > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:D
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> I suggest that we combine our efforts to fill in the blanks and create a useful programming guide for D.
Excellent idea
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April 08, 2006 Re: Wiki D Programming Book | ||||
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Posted in reply to Derek Parnell | @Walter Is it OK to copy the D spec from the digitalmars website to this wikibook? Is it also OK to modify the text and make further examples and comments? Frank |
April 08, 2006 Re: Wiki D Programming Book | ||||
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Posted in reply to Frank Benoit | Frank Benoit wrote:
> Is it OK to copy the D spec from the digitalmars website to this
> wikibook? Is it also OK to modify the text and make further examples and
> comments?
Last time I asked the D language specification and documentation was all copyrighted by Digital Mars and not licensed for copying / extending...
But that was years ago, and Walter would know if the policy has changed.
Having some Open Content or Free Documentation docs, would be excellent.
--anders
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April 08, 2006 Re: Wiki D Programming Book | ||||
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Posted in reply to Frank Benoit | Frank Benoit wrote:
> @Walter
> Is it OK to copy the D spec from the digitalmars website to this
> wikibook? Is it also OK to modify the text and make further examples and
> comments?
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> Frank
I don't think so.
The official D specs are copy righted.
Wikibooks are copy lefted (GNU Free Documentation License)
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April 15, 2006 Re: Wiki D Programming Book | ||||
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Posted in reply to Hasan Aljudy | > I don't think so.
> The official D specs are copy righted.
> Wikibooks are copy lefted (GNU Free Documentation License)
Is this the right way?
Doesn't the spec need to be free as well as the compiler front-end?
If the spec is copyrighted, how can someone write a book about D and it spec? Does everyone have to ask digitalmars first?
A few post before i asked "@Walter". But there is no reaction.
A lot of books contain a reference part which is mostly a commented copy of some spec.
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April 15, 2006 Re: Wiki D Programming Book | ||||
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Posted in reply to Frank Benoit | Frank Benoit wrote:
>> I don't think so.
>> The official D specs are copy righted.
>> Wikibooks are copy lefted (GNU Free Documentation License)
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> Is this the right way?
> Doesn't the spec need to be free as well as the compiler front-end?
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> If the spec is copyrighted, how can someone write a book about D and it
> spec? Does everyone have to ask digitalmars first?
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> A few post before i asked "@Walter". But there is no reaction.
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> A lot of books contain a reference part which is mostly a commented copy
> of some spec.
The exact text is copyrighted, but the ideas are not. You cannot copyright an idea (you can patent them, but none of D is patented).
The C and C++ specifications are copyrighted, but that hasn't impaired an endless procession of C and C++ reference books from being written - but none of them duplicate the specs word for word.
The difference between the C/C++ specs and the D spec is the latter is free, the former costs $ before they can be downloaded.
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April 15, 2006 Re: Wiki D Programming Book | ||||
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Posted in reply to Walter Bright | > The exact text is copyrighted, but the ideas are not. You cannot copyright an idea (you can patent them, but none of D is patented).
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> The C and C++ specifications are copyrighted, but that hasn't impaired an endless procession of C and C++ reference books from being written - but none of them duplicate the specs word for word.
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> The difference between the C/C++ specs and the D spec is the latter is free, the former costs $ before they can be downloaded.
Thanks for the clarification.
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