Bug 17317 – 2.074.0 release candidate does not have updated backend license

The backend has been relicensed under the Boost License (Version 1.0), but the actual license/copyright statements in the backend code have not been updated for the prospective 2.074.0 release. See e.g.: https://github.com/dlang/dmd/blob/v2.074.0/src/ddmd/backend/blockopt.c https://github.com/dlang/dmd/blob/v2.074.0-rc1/src/ddmd/backend/blockopt.c Note: ideally the same change should also be made to the source of the bootstrap compiler used to build the D frontend.

Now with 2.074.1 release, the old backend license text is gone, but the license in the root directory is still ancient. The file is, perhaps: https://github.com/dlang/installer/blob/master/create_dmd_release/extras/all/dmd2/license.txt It even talks about GPL for front-end which was abandoned a few years ago.

Thanks, interested in making a small PR that removes license.txt from the packages. https://github.com/dlang/installer/search?q=license.txt

> a small PR that removes license.txt from the packages. Or simply updating the license file to Boost: https://github.com/dlang/installer/pull/229

Commits pushed to stable at https://github.com/dlang/installer https://github.com/dlang/installer/commit/b3fcff745fd8234140d57c49a6d21eae91e6f785 Fix Issue 17317 - 2.074.0 release candidate does not have updated backend license Uses the new Boost license file. https://github.com/dlang/installer/commit/6a2ac3ccb0754ae0c541d531c5a7f8ab093ef30d Merge pull request #229 from wilzbach/update-dmd-license Fix Issue 17317 - 2.074.0 release candidate does not have updated backend license merged-on-behalf-of: Martin Nowak <[email protected]>

Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/dlang/installer https://github.com/dlang/installer/commit/b3fcff745fd8234140d57c49a6d21eae91e6f785 Fix Issue 17317 - 2.074.0 release candidate does not have updated backend license https://github.com/dlang/installer/commit/6a2ac3ccb0754ae0c541d531c5a7f8ab093ef30d Merge pull request #229 from wilzbach/update-dmd-license

Commits pushed to newCTFE at https://github.com/dlang/installer https://github.com/dlang/installer/commit/b3fcff745fd8234140d57c49a6d21eae91e6f785 Fix Issue 17317 - 2.074.0 release candidate does not have updated backend license https://github.com/dlang/installer/commit/6a2ac3ccb0754ae0c541d531c5a7f8ab093ef30d Merge pull request #229 from wilzbach/update-dmd-license