D Language Foundation

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| name = D Language Foundation

| image = D Programming Language logo.svg

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| abbreviation = DLF

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| formation = October 16, 2015{{cite web

| url=https://forum.dlang.org/post/mvqi3k$ssi$1@digitalmars.com

| title=The D Language Foundation is now incorporated

| accessdate=2017-07-17}}

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| type = 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

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| purpose = Promote, protect, and advance open source technology related to the D (programming language)

| headquarters = Kenmore, WA, United States

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| region_served = Worldwide

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| language = English

| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Walter Bright

| leader_title2 = Chairman

| leader_name2 = Andrei Alexandrescu

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| website = {{URL|dlang.org/foundation.html}}

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The D Language Foundation (DLF) is a nonprofit organization devoted to the D programming language{{cite web

| url=http://dlang.org/foundation.html

| title=The D Language Foundation

| accessdate=2017-07-17}} 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.{{cite web

| url=https://dlang.org/blog/2016/06/03/recent-d-foundation-activities

| title=Recent D Language Foundation activities

| date=3 June 2016

| accessdate=2017-07-17}}{{cite web

| url=https://dlang.org/blog/2017/01/02/happy-new-year-from-the-d-language-foundation

| title=Happy New Year from the D Language Foundation

| date=2 January 2017

| accessdate=2017-07-17}}

The foundation awards scholarships to students allowing them to work on high-impact projects related to the D programming language.{{cite web

| url=https://dlang.org/blog/2016/12/05/the-d-language-foundations-scholarship-program

| title=The D Language Foundation's Scholarship Program

| date=5 December 2016

| accessdate=2017-07-17}}{{cite web

| url=http://careerteam.eu/2016/10/31/scholarship-opportunity-for-master-and-doctorate/

| title=Scholarship Opportunity for Master and Doctorate

| accessdate=2017-12-15

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215170722/http://careerteam.eu/2016/10/31/scholarship-opportunity-for-master-and-doctorate/

| archive-date=2017-12-15

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The D Language Foundation also organizes developer conferences including the yearly [http://dconf.org D Programming Language Conference (DConf)] {{cite web

| url=http://dconf.org

| title=The D Programming Language Conference

| accessdate=2017-12-15}}

{{cite web

| url=https://www.sociomantic.com/events/dconf-2016/#.WjNmxlQbBhE

| title=DConf 2016

| accessdate=2017-12-15

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215111351/https://www.sociomantic.com/events/dconf-2016/#.WjNmxlQbBhE

| archive-date=2017-12-15

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and is an official organization in the Google Summer of Code

.{{cite web

| url=https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2016/organizations/4688223091556352/

| title=D Foundation - 2016 - Google Summer of Code Archive

| accessdate=2017-12-15}}{{cite web

| url=https://dlang.org/blog/2017/01/13/the-d-language-foundation-google-summer-of-code-2016-postmortem/

| title=The D Language Foundation Google Summer of Code 2016 Postmortem

| date=13 January 2017

| accessdate=2018-01-04}}

In 2015, Andrei Alexandrescu seeded the D Language Foundation's budget from his royalties {{cite web

| url=http://forum.dlang.org/post/n2g46a$2u5k$1@digitalmars.com

| title=First donation to the D Language Foundation

| accessdate=2017-07-17}} and started to work for the D Language Foundation.{{cite web

| url=http://erdani.com/index.php/about/

| title=Andrei Alexandrescu

| accessdate=2017-12-15}}