• Tony West (14/14) Feb 04 2003 I have some questions regarding the possibility of starting to use D
• Walter (18/32) Feb 04 2003 You can use it now. While the language will continue to evolve (like all

Tony West <Tony_member pathlink.com> writes:

I have some questions regarding the possibility of starting to use D
commercially:

1. Roughly how long will it be before D is stable enough to be used for
commercial purposes?
2. Can anyone offer a simple explanation of how D licencing works? e.g. are
there royalties to be paid for any software produced, would any software created
from D have to be open source, can other people implement D compilers, etc.

The reason I raise these questions is that I've spent quite a few months looking
at different languages, and I keep coming back to D.  In my opinion it really
does have the best set of features of any language I've come across.

I would love to start using it, but the above questions have me concerned.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Tony 

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Tony West" <Tony_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:b1ntki$1206$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 I have some questions regarding the possibility of starting to use D
 commercially:

 1. Roughly how long will it be before D is stable enough to be used for
 commercial purposes?

You can use it now. While the language will continue to evolve (like all
useful languages), I doubt anything fundamental will change. But be sure and
archive a copy of the compiler and libraries along with your source code.

 2. Can anyone offer a simple explanation of how D licencing works? e.g.

are
 there royalties to be paid for any software produced, would any software

created
 from D have to be open source, can other people implement D compilers,

etc.

No license required. Feel free to build apps with the D compiler and
distribute the binaries. No license required for that, nor does it have to
be open source (that would be entirely up to you). Implementing another D
compiler based on the Digital Mars source would fall under one of the dual
licenses distributed with the compiler source. If you develop one from
scratch, no license is required.

 The reason I raise these questions is that I've spent quite a few months

looking
 at different languages, and I keep coming back to D.  In my opinion it

really
 does have the best set of features of any language I've come across.

Great!

 I would love to start using it, but the above questions have me concerned.
 Can anyone help?

I hope I was able to clear them up!

 Thanks,
 Tony