Looks like there’s an update https://dpldocs.info/this-week-in-d/Blog.Posted_2024_01_08.h... and they’ve gotten some interest.

Personally, I think it’d have been more fun if they named it ‘Died’ — you get the benefits of sweet taglines “It never Died,” a statement about it being a fork, and the permission to take the language in new directions if that makes sense in the future. OpenD implies full compatibility, etc..

(I have no skin in this game, though. Good luck!)