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fa861958 | 4 | perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 1 |
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6 | =head1 SYNOPSIS | |
7 | ||
8 | You can refer to this document in Pod via "L<perlgpl>" | |
9 | Or you can see this document by entering "perldoc perlgpl" | |
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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 | |
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fa861958 | 20 | b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this Kit. |
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22 | This is the B<"GNU General Public License, version 1">. |
23 | It's here so that modules, programs, etc., that want to declare | |
24 | this as their distribution license can link to it. | |
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fa861958 | 26 | For the Perl Artistic License, see L<perlartistic>. |
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fa861958 | 28 | =cut |
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30 | # Because the following document's language disallows "changing" |
31 | # it, we haven't gone thru and prettied it up with =item's or | |
32 | # anything. It's good enough the way it is. | |
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fa861958 | 34 | =head1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
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36 | GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
37 | Version 1, February 1989 | |
38 | ||
39 | Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
40 | 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA | |
41 | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies | |
42 | of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. | |
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44 | Preamble | |
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52 | You can use it for your programs, too. | |
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223 | POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. | |
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227 | Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs | |
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229 | If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest | |
230 | possible use to humanity, the best way to achieve this is to make it | |
231 | free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these | |
232 | terms. | |
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234 | To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to | |
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239 | <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.> | |
240 | Copyright (C) 19yy <name of author> | |
241 | ||
242 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
243 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
244 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) | |
245 | any later version. | |
246 | ||
247 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
248 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
249 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
250 | GNU General Public License for more details. | |
251 | ||
252 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
253 | along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, | |
254 | Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. | |
255 | ||
256 | Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. | |
257 | ||
258 | If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this | |
259 | when it starts in an interactive mode: | |
260 | ||
261 | Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19xx name of author | |
262 | Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. | |
263 | This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it | |
264 | under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. | |
265 | ||
266 | The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the | |
267 | appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the | |
268 | commands you use may be called something other than `show w' and `show | |
269 | c'; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your | |
270 | program. | |
271 | ||
272 | You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your | |
273 | school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if | |
274 | necessary. Here a sample; alter the names: | |
275 | ||
276 | Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the | |
277 | program `Gnomovision' (a program to direct compilers to make passes | |
278 | at assemblers) written by James Hacker. | |
279 | ||
280 | <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 | |
281 | Ty Coon, President of Vice | |
282 | ||
283 | That's all there is to it! | |
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284 | |
285 | =cut | |
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