Alex Howells wrote:
> On 09/03/07, Anant Narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <snip>
>> I forgot to add that the dev-lang/dmd-bin ebuild might also require
>> the special DMD license to be included in the tree. I'm attaching a
>> copy of the license. I'm not much of a legal person, but it seems
>> like this license is different from "as-is" and also prohibits
>> redistribution which means we would need RESTRICT="nomirror".
> 
> I think the key words in the license from our perspective are:
> 
> "The Software is copyrighted and comes with a single user license,
> and may not be redistributed. If you wish to obtain a redistribution
> license, please contact Digital Mars."
> 
> Would it be worth contacting Digital Mars?
> -- Alex

If they have a download link that works so users can download it
automatically, I don't see any reason why we should give away bandwidth
to a proprietary project.

Regards,
Petteri

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