The D Language Foundation

The D Language Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity devoted to advancing open source technology related to the D programming language. The D programming language was started by Walter Bright, as a 'better C++' and has grown slowly, but steadily, for more than 15 years. Recent improvements to the D development process have accelerated development of the language and shown the need for a governing organization that overlooks and arranges the future development of the D programming language. The D Language Foundation- holds and defends the copyright and other intellectual property rights for the D programming language- provides resources for furthering the development and adoption of the D programming language- awards scholarships to highly skilled students- organizes the yearly DConf, the international annual conference of D Language developers and users- pays for hardware costs (e.g. the dlang.org website, dmd downloads, the D tour and more)- is an accepted Google Summer of Code organization and hosted four projects during the summer of 2016. The officers of the D Language Foundation are: Walter Bright, President Tudor Andrei Cristian Alexandrescu, Vice President and Treasurer Ali Çehreli, Secretary