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2 | =head1 NAME |
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4 | perlartistic -- the Perl Artistic License |
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 | [This is the B<The "Artistic License">. It's here so that |
14 | modules/programs/etc that want to declare this as their distribution |
15 | license, can link to it.] |
16 | |
17 | =head1 The "Artistic License" |
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18 | |
19 | =head2 Preamble |
20 | |
21 | The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a |
22 | Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some |
23 | semblance of artistic control over the development of the package, |
24 | while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute |
25 | the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make |
26 | reasonable modifications. |
27 | |
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28 | =head2 Definitions |
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29 | |
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30 | =over |
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32 | =item "Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the |
33 | Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files created |
34 | through textual modification. |
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35 | |
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36 | =item "Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been |
37 | modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of the |
38 | Copyright Holder as specified below. |
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40 | =item "Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or |
41 | copyrights for the package. |
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43 | =item "You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing |
44 | this Package. |
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45 | |
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46 | =item "Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the basis |
47 | of media cost, duplication charges, time of people involved, and so on. |
48 | (You will not be required to justify it to the Copyright Holder, but |
49 | only to the computing community at large as a market that must bear the |
50 | fee.) |
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52 | =item "Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item |
53 | itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the item. It also |
54 | means that recipients of the item may redistribute it under the same |
55 | conditions they received it. |
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56 | |
57 | =back |
58 | |
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59 | =head2 Conditions |
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60 | |
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61 | =over |
62 | |
63 | =item 1 |
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64 | |
65 | You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the |
66 | Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided that you |
67 | duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers. |
68 | |
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69 | =item 2 |
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71 | You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications |
72 | derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A Package |
73 | modified in such a way shall still be considered the Standard Version. |
74 | |
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75 | =item 3 |
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76 | |
77 | You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided |
78 | that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file stating how and |
79 | when you changed that file, and provided that you do at least ONE of the |
80 | following: |
81 | |
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82 | =over |
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83 | |
84 | =item * |
85 | |
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86 | a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them |
87 | Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet or an |
88 | equivalent medium, or placing the modifications on a major archive site |
89 | such as uunet.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include |
90 | your modifications in the Standard Version of the Package. |
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91 | |
92 | =item * |
93 | |
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94 | b) use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization. |
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95 | |
96 | =item * |
97 | |
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98 | c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict with |
99 | standard executables, which must also be provided, and provide a |
100 | separate manual page for each non-standard executable that clearly |
101 | documents how it differs from the Standard Version. |
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102 | |
103 | =item * |
104 | |
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105 | d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder. |
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106 | |
107 | =back |
108 | |
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109 | =item 4 |
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111 | You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or |
112 | executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following: |
113 | |
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114 | =over |
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115 | |
116 | =item * |
117 | |
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118 | a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library files, |
119 | together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent) on where |
120 | to get the Standard Version. |
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122 | =item * |
123 | |
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124 | b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of the |
125 | Package with your modifications. |
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126 | |
127 | =item * |
128 | |
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129 | c) give non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly |
130 | document the differences in manual pages (or equivalent), together with |
131 | instructions on where to get the Standard Version. |
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132 | |
133 | =item * |
134 | |
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135 | d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder. |
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136 | |
137 | =back |
138 | |
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139 | =item 5 |
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141 | You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this |
142 | Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this |
143 | Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However, |
144 | you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly |
145 | commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software |
146 | distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a |
147 | product of your own. You may embed this Package's interpreter within |
148 | an executable of yours (by linking); this shall be construed as a mere |
149 | form of aggregation, provided that the complete Standard Version of the |
150 | interpreter is so embedded. |
151 | |
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152 | =item 6 |
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154 | The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as |
155 | output from the programs of this Package do not automatically fall |
156 | under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whoever generated |
157 | them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this |
158 | Package. If such scripts or library files are aggregated with this |
159 | Package via the so-called "undump" or "unexec" methods of producing a |
160 | binary executable image, then distribution of such an image shall |
161 | neither be construed as a distribution of this Package nor shall it |
162 | fall under the restrictions of Paragraphs 3 and 4, provided that you do |
163 | not represent such an executable image as a Standard Version of this |
164 | Package. |
165 | |
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166 | =item 7 |
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168 | C subroutines (or comparably compiled subroutines in other |
169 | languages) supplied by you and linked into this Package in order to |
170 | emulate subroutines and variables of the language defined by this |
171 | Package shall not be considered part of this Package, but are the |
172 | equivalent of input as in Paragraph 6, provided these subroutines do |
173 | not change the language in any way that would cause it to fail the |
174 | regression tests for the language. |
175 | |
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176 | =item 8 |
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178 | Aggregation of this Package with a commercial distribution is always |
179 | permitted provided that the use of this Package is embedded; that is, |
180 | when no overt attempt is made to make this Package's interfaces visible |
181 | to the end user of the commercial distribution. Such use shall not be |
182 | construed as a distribution of this Package. |
183 | |
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184 | =item 9 |
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186 | The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote |
187 | products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. |
188 | |
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190 | =item 10 |
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192 | THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR |
193 | IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED |
194 | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
195 | |
196 | =back |
197 | |
198 | The End |
199 | |
200 | =cut |
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