=head1 NAME
-perlgpl -- the GNU Public General Public License, version 2
+perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 2
=head1 SYNOPSIS
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-[This is the B<The "GNU General Public License, version 2">. It's here
-so that modules/programs/etc that want to declare this as their
-distribution license, can link to it.]
+This is B<"The GNU General Public License, version 2">. It's here so
+that modules, programs, etc., that want to declare this as their
+distribution license, can link to it.
+
+It is also one of the two licenses Perl allows itself to be
+redistributed and/or modified; for the other one, the Perl Artistic
+License, see the L<perlartistic>.
=head1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
when it starts in an interactive mode:
Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author
- Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
+ Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type "show w".
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
- under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
+ under certain conditions; type "show c" for details.
-The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
+The hypothetical commands "show w" and "show c" should show the appropriate
parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
-be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
+be called something other than "show w" and "show c"; they could even be
mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
- `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
+ "Gnomovision" (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
Ty Coon, President of Vice