D Language Foundation

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D Language Foundation
AbbreviationDLF
FormationOctober 16, 2015 [1]
Type 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
PurposePromote, protect, and advance open source technology related to the D (programming language)
Headquarters Kenmore, WA, United States
Region served
Worldwide
Official language
English
President
 Walter Bright
Chairman
 Andrei Alexandrescu
Website dlang.org/foundation.html

The D Language Foundation (DLF) is a nonprofit organization devoted to the D programming language [2] launched on October 16, 2015.

The mission of the foundation is to foster development of the D community and is responsible for various processes within the D community, including developing the D programming language, managing intellectual rights, and raising funds. [3] [4] The foundation awards scholarships to students allowing them to work on high-impact projects related to the D programming language. [5] [6] The D Language Foundation also organizes developer conferences including the yearly D Programming Language Conference (DConf) [7] [8] and is an official organization in the Google Summer of Code. [9] [10]

In 2015, Andrei Alexandrescu seeded the D Language Foundation's budget from his royalties. [11] and started to work for the D Language Foundation. [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ "The D Language Foundation is now incorporated" . Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  2. ↑ "The D Language Foundation" . Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  3. ↑ "Recent D Language Foundation activities". 3 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  4. ↑ "Happy New Year from the D Language Foundation". 2 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  5. ↑ "The D Language Foundation's Scholarship Program". 5 December 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  6. ↑ "Scholarship Opportunity for Master and Doctorate". Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  7. ↑ "The D Programming Language Conference" . Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  8. ↑ "DConf 2016". Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  9. ↑ "D Foundation - 2016 - Google Summer of Code Archive" . Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  10. ↑ "The D Language Foundation Google Summer of Code 2016 Postmortem". 13 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  11. ↑ "First donation to the D Language Foundation" . Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  12. ↑ "Andrei Alexandrescu" . Retrieved 2017-12-15.
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