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2 | =head1 NAME |
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4350c9a7 | 4 | perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License |
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5 | |
6 | =head1 SYNOPSIS | |
7 | ||
8 | You can refer to this document in Pod via "L<perlartistic>" | |
9 | Or you can see this document by entering "perldoc perlartistic" | |
10 | ||
11 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
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13 | Perl is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
14 | it under the terms of either: | |
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16 | a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free |
17 | Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any | |
18 | later version, or | |
19 | ||
20 | b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this Kit. | |
21 | ||
22 | This is B<"The Artistic License">. | |
23 | It's here so that modules, programs, etc., that want to declare | |
24 | this as their distribution license can link to it. | |
25 | ||
26 | For the GNU General Public License, see L<perlgpl>. | |
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27 | |
28 | =head1 The "Artistic License" | |
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29 | |
30 | =head2 Preamble | |
31 | ||
32 | The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a | |
33 | Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some | |
34 | semblance of artistic control over the development of the package, | |
35 | while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute | |
36 | the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make | |
37 | reasonable modifications. | |
38 | ||
cc2b665f | 39 | =head2 Definitions |
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cc2b665f | 41 | =over |
2a551100 | 42 | |
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43 | =item "Package" |
44 | ||
45 | refers to the collection of files distributed by the | |
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46 | Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files created |
47 | through textual modification. | |
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49 | =item "Standard Version" |
50 | ||
51 | refers to such a Package if it has not been | |
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52 | modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of the |
53 | Copyright Holder as specified below. | |
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55 | =item "Copyright Holder" |
56 | ||
57 | is whoever is named in the copyright or | |
cc2b665f | 58 | copyrights for the package. |
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9c9c2da3 | 60 | =item "You" |
2a551100 | 61 | |
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62 | is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing this Package. |
63 | ||
64 | =item "Reasonable copying fee" | |
65 | ||
66 | is whatever you can justify on the basis | |
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67 | of media cost, duplication charges, time of people involved, and so on. |
68 | (You will not be required to justify it to the Copyright Holder, but | |
69 | only to the computing community at large as a market that must bear the | |
70 | fee.) | |
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72 | =item "Freely Available" |
73 | ||
74 | means that no fee is charged for the item | |
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75 | itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the item. It also |
76 | means that recipients of the item may redistribute it under the same | |
77 | conditions they received it. | |
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78 | |
79 | =back | |
80 | ||
cc2b665f | 81 | =head2 Conditions |
2a551100 | 82 | |
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83 | =over |
84 | ||
9c9c2da3 | 85 | =item 1. |
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86 | |
87 | You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the | |
88 | Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided that you | |
89 | duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers. | |
90 | ||
9c9c2da3 | 91 | =item 2. |
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92 | |
93 | You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications | |
94 | derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A Package | |
95 | modified in such a way shall still be considered the Standard Version. | |
96 | ||
9c9c2da3 | 97 | =item 3. |
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98 | |
99 | You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided | |
100 | that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file stating how and | |
101 | when you changed that file, and provided that you do at least ONE of the | |
102 | following: | |
103 | ||
cc2b665f | 104 | =over |
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9c9c2da3 | 106 | =item a) |
2a551100 | 107 | |
9c9c2da3 | 108 | place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them |
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109 | Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet or an |
110 | equivalent medium, or placing the modifications on a major archive site | |
111 | such as uunet.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include | |
112 | your modifications in the Standard Version of the Package. | |
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9c9c2da3 | 114 | =item b) |
2a551100 | 115 | |
9c9c2da3 | 116 | use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization. |
2a551100 | 117 | |
9c9c2da3 | 118 | =item c) |
2a551100 | 119 | |
9c9c2da3 | 120 | rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict with |
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121 | standard executables, which must also be provided, and provide a |
122 | separate manual page for each non-standard executable that clearly | |
123 | documents how it differs from the Standard Version. | |
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9c9c2da3 | 125 | =item d) |
2a551100 | 126 | |
9c9c2da3 | 127 | make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder. |
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128 | |
129 | =back | |
130 | ||
9c9c2da3 | 131 | =item 4. |
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132 | |
133 | You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or | |
134 | executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following: | |
135 | ||
cc2b665f | 136 | =over |
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9c9c2da3 | 138 | =item a) |
2a551100 | 139 | |
9c9c2da3 | 140 | distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library files, |
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141 | together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent) on where |
142 | to get the Standard Version. | |
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9c9c2da3 | 144 | =item b) |
2a551100 | 145 | |
9c9c2da3 | 146 | accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of the |
cc2b665f | 147 | Package with your modifications. |
2a551100 | 148 | |
9c9c2da3 | 149 | =item c) |
2a551100 | 150 | |
9c9c2da3 | 151 | give non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly |
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152 | document the differences in manual pages (or equivalent), together with |
153 | instructions on where to get the Standard Version. | |
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9c9c2da3 | 155 | =item d) |
2a551100 | 156 | |
9c9c2da3 | 157 | make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder. |
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158 | |
159 | =back | |
160 | ||
9c9c2da3 | 161 | =item 5. |
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162 | |
163 | You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this | |
164 | Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this | |
165 | Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However, | |
166 | you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly | |
167 | commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software | |
168 | distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a | |
169 | product of your own. You may embed this Package's interpreter within | |
170 | an executable of yours (by linking); this shall be construed as a mere | |
171 | form of aggregation, provided that the complete Standard Version of the | |
172 | interpreter is so embedded. | |
173 | ||
9c9c2da3 | 174 | =item 6. |
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175 | |
176 | The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as | |
177 | output from the programs of this Package do not automatically fall | |
178 | under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whoever generated | |
179 | them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this | |
180 | Package. If such scripts or library files are aggregated with this | |
181 | Package via the so-called "undump" or "unexec" methods of producing a | |
182 | binary executable image, then distribution of such an image shall | |
183 | neither be construed as a distribution of this Package nor shall it | |
184 | fall under the restrictions of Paragraphs 3 and 4, provided that you do | |
185 | not represent such an executable image as a Standard Version of this | |
186 | Package. | |
187 | ||
9c9c2da3 | 188 | =item 7. |
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189 | |
190 | C subroutines (or comparably compiled subroutines in other | |
191 | languages) supplied by you and linked into this Package in order to | |
192 | emulate subroutines and variables of the language defined by this | |
193 | Package shall not be considered part of this Package, but are the | |
194 | equivalent of input as in Paragraph 6, provided these subroutines do | |
195 | not change the language in any way that would cause it to fail the | |
196 | regression tests for the language. | |
197 | ||
9c9c2da3 | 198 | =item 8. |
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199 | |
200 | Aggregation of this Package with a commercial distribution is always | |
201 | permitted provided that the use of this Package is embedded; that is, | |
202 | when no overt attempt is made to make this Package's interfaces visible | |
203 | to the end user of the commercial distribution. Such use shall not be | |
204 | construed as a distribution of this Package. | |
205 | ||
9c9c2da3 | 206 | =item 9. |
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207 | |
208 | The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote | |
209 | products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. | |
210 | ||
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9c9c2da3 | 212 | =item 10. |
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213 | |
214 | THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR | |
215 | IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED | |
d6f040aa | 216 | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
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217 | |
218 | =back | |
219 | ||
220 | The End | |
221 | ||
222 | =cut | |
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