here is the post from D.announce by Walter Bright:
dsimcha wrote:
> Purely out of curiosity, with regard to the DMD source, what changed that all of the sudden caused you to release the full source?
I've been intending to for a while, it took a while for me to clean it up, check all the licenses, and get it into a presentable form.
Essentially, it's pretty obvious that the world has changed, and closed source is no longer acceptable for a mainstream product that people will be relying on. Open source is the future, and it's past time for dmd to join the party!
dsimcha wrote: > Purely out of curiosity, with regard to the DMD source, what changed that all of the sudden caused you to release the full source?
I've been intending to for a while, it took a while for me to clean it up, check all the licenses, and get it into a presentable form.
Essentially, it's pretty obvious that the world has changed, and closed source is no longer acceptable for a mainstream product that people will be relying on. Open source is the future, and it's past time for dmd to join the party!