From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 21 02:05:27 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F274316A41F for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 02:05:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reed@pilchuck.reedmedia.net) Received: from pilchuck.reedmedia.net (pilchuck.reedmedia.net [209.166.74.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8226243D45 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 02:05:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reed@pilchuck.reedmedia.net) Received: from reed by pilchuck.reedmedia.net with local (Exim 4.44) id 1E6fDC-0002x2-LV for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 19:05:26 -0700 Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 19:05:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <4306EAB7.4090001@skyforge.net> <20050820212745.GA2998@night.db.net> <1515C667-4333-4147-BA3E-E04C2ED8382A@HiWAAY.net> <20050820231549.GB3909@night.db.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: "Jeremy C. Reed" Subject: Re: BSDLinux OS X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 02:05:27 -0000 On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, Nikolas Britton wrote: > You have Perl on that list but Perl is not GPL. > > "Perl is Open Source software. It's free for you to download and use > as you wish. Perl's license is called the Artistic license. Read it if > you aren't sure what you can or can't do. The bottom line is that this > is a kinder and gentler version of the GNU license -- one that doesn't > infect your work if you care to borrow from Perl or package up pieces > of it as part of a commercial product!" -perl.com man perlartistic It is not GPL, but confusing and unfree enough. My understanding: If you modify, you must place your modifications in public domain, or make freely available, or give back to perl, or use changes only within your own organization. You may not charge for perl other than reasonable copying fee or for professional support. You may not sell a product that includes embedded perl unless the complete standard version of perl interpreter is included (so no derivative). Compare with nawk (not to say awk is as usable though): you may modify and distribute any way you want and you may charge any price you want for a product based on any part of it. (Just don't use the copyright owner's name and include the very brief copyright and permission notice in your documentation.) Jeremy C. Reed BSD News, BSD tutorials, BSD links http://www.bsdnewsletter.com/