Glenn Maynard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 04:25:26PM -0600, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > > I've been contacted by Ann Barcomb (see her message below; below that is her > > second message to me) about the Perl module license issue. I've put her on > > the Cc and would appreciate it if you could keep her on the list of > > recepients. > > > > So, what information do we feed back to the Perl community in order for them > > to "fix" their licenses. > > Well, there's arguments on both sides, but doesn't yet seem to be a consensus > on whether this is a real problem or not. Clarifying it probably can't > hurt, though.
It's also my impression there's no consensus, but what is the deciding enity in Debian on this matter: ftp-masters, the technical committee, ...? > > This module is available under the same terms and conditions as > > Perl itself, versions 5.3 through 6.8. > > Perhaps (taking the GPL as a hint): > > This module is available under the same terms and conditions as > Perl itself, version 5.3 or (at your option) any later version. > > to prevent any possible license conflicts down the road, and the > unnecessary implication that "6.8" should be updated with every > release of Perl. But this still does not mention explicitly the licenses (GPL+Artistic) and that seems to be the key issue. Thanks, Ardo -- Ardo van Rangelrooij home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home page: http://people.debian.org/~ardo GnuPG fp: 3B 1F 21 72 00 5C 3A 73 7F 72 DF D9 90 78 47 F9
