appropriate. You may need to use the C<LE<lt>...|...E<gt>> syntax to keep
B<pod2man> and B<pod2text> from being too verbose; see perlpod(1).
+If the package has a mailing list, include a URL here.
+
If the package has a web site, include a URL here.
=item AUTHOR
program documentation tends to roam the wild for far longer than you expect
and pick an e-mail address that's likely to last if possible.
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+For copyright
+
+ Copyright YEAR(s) by YOUR NAME(s)
+
+(No, (C) is not needed. No, "all rights reserved" is not needed.)
+
+For licensing the easiest way is to use the same licensing as Perl itself:
+
+ This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+This makes it easy for people to use your module with Perl. Note that
+this licensing is neither an endorsement or a requirement, you are of
+course free to choose any licensing.
+
=item HISTORY
-Programs derived from other sources sometimes have this, or you might keep a
-modification log here.
+Programs derived from other sources sometimes have this, or you might
+keep a modification log here. If the log gets overly long or detailed,
+consider maintaining it in a separate file, though.
=back