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# 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.

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### History

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.

### Current projects

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. this website, dmd downloads, the D tour and more)
- is an accepted Google Summer of Code (GSOC) organization, with projects hosted during GSOC 2016 and GSOC 2019.

### Committee

The officers of the D Language Foundation are:

- Walter Bright, President
- Tudor Andrei Cristian Alexandrescu, Vice President and Treasurer
- Ali Çehreli, Secretary

### How can I contribute?

There are many ways to help the D programming language to grow further and get involved.

If you don't have the time to work on the source code, you can also donate to the D Language Foundation.

### The D Language Foundation is a non-profit organization

The D Language Foundation has been recognized as a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

### Official contacts

The D Language Foundation has been incorporated with the state of Washington, USA. The employer ID is 47-5352856.

To contact the D Language Foundation, please direct emails to foundation@dlang.org and other correspondence to 6830 NE Bothell Way, Suite C-162, Kenmore WA 98028.

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