With permission, change the licensing of the docs by

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perlfaq8.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlfaq8.pod b/pod/perlfaq8.pod
index 1f8a72b..d1f2978 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfaq8.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq8.pod
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ go bump in the night, finally came up with this:
        # been opened on a pipe...
        system("/bin/stty $stty");
        $_ = <MODEM_IN>;
-       chop;
+       chomp;
        if ( !m/^Connected/ ) {
            print STDERR "$0: cu printed `$_' instead of `Connected'\n";
        }
@@ -447,12 +447,14 @@ probably get away with setting an environment variable:
 If you want finer granularity than the 1 second that the sleep()
 function provides, the easiest way is to use the select() function as
 documented in L<perlfunc/"select">.  Try the Time::HiRes and
-the BSD::Itimer modules (available from CPAN).
+the BSD::Itimer modules (available from CPAN, and starting from
+Perl 5.8 Time::HiRes is part of the standard distribution).
 
 =head2 How can I measure time under a second?
 
 In general, you may not be able to.  The Time::HiRes module (available
-from CPAN) provides this functionality for some systems.
+from CPAN, and starting from Perl 5.8 part of the standard distribution)
+provides this functionality for some systems.
 
 If your system supports both the syscall() function in Perl as well as
 a system call like gettimeofday(2), then you may be able to do
@@ -571,9 +573,9 @@ scripts inherently insecure.  Perl gives you a number of options
 The IPC::Open2 module (part of the standard perl distribution) is an
 easy-to-use approach that internally uses pipe(), fork(), and exec() to do
 the job.  Make sure you read the deadlock warnings in its documentation,
-though (see L<IPC::Open2>).  See L<perlipc/"Bidirectional Communication
-with Another Process"> and L<perlipc/"Bidirectional Communication with
-Yourself">
+though (see L<IPC::Open2>).  See 
+L<perlipc/"Bidirectional Communication with Another Process"> and 
+L<perlipc/"Bidirectional Communication with Yourself">
 
 You may also use the IPC::Open3 module (part of the standard perl
 distribution), but be warned that it has a different order of
@@ -1089,12 +1091,8 @@ but other times it is not.  Modern programs C<use Socket;> instead.
 Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
 All rights reserved.
 
-When included as part of the Standard Version of Perl, or as part of
-its complete documentation whether printed or otherwise, this work
-may be distributed only under the terms of Perl's Artistic License.
-Any distribution of this file or derivatives thereof I<outside>
-of that package require that special arrangements be made with
-copyright holder.
+This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the same terms as Perl itself.
 
 Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples in this file
 are hereby placed into the public domain.  You are permitted and