Bug #44211 for Biblio-EndnoteStyle: please add license information on the cpan page

Mon Mar 16 15:35:36 2009 imp [...] hannover.ccc.de - Ticket created

Subject:	please add license information on the cpan page
Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:35:20 +0100
To:	bug-Biblio-EndnoteStyle [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	imp <imp [...] hannover.ccc.de>

Heyho, please add license information on the cpan page: http://search.cpan.org/~mirk/Biblio-EndnoteStyle-0.05/ . the README says it's same as perl (gpl-2). Thanks, imp

Mon Mar 16 17:03:31 2009 mike [...] indexdata.com - Correspondence added

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Subject:	[rt.cpan.org #44211] please add license information on the cpan page
Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:03:48 +0000
To:	bug-Biblio-EndnoteStyle [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Mike Taylor <mike [...] indexdata.com>

imp via RT writes: Show quoted text

> Mon Mar 16 15:35:36 2009: Request 44211 was acted upon. > Transaction: Ticket created by imp@hannover.ccc.de > Queue: Biblio-EndnoteStyle > Subject: please add license information on the cpan page > Broken in: (no value) > Severity: (no value) > Owner: Nobody > Requestors: imp@hannover.ccc.de > Status: new > Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=44211 > > > > Heyho, > please add license information on the cpan page: > http://search.cpan.org/~mirk/Biblio-EndnoteStyle-0.05/ . > the README says it's same as perl (gpl-2). > Thanks, > imp

I don't understand that problem. As you point out yourself, the README clearly says -- This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. How is that not sufficient? _/|_ ___________________________________________________________________ /o ) \/ Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com> http://www.miketaylor.org.uk )_v__/\ "You already have zero privacy. Get over it" -- Sun CEO Scott McNeally.

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Mon Mar 16 17:09:08 2009 imp [...] hannover.ccc.de - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #44211] please add license information on the cpan page
Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:08:53 +0100
To:	bug-Biblio-EndnoteStyle [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	imp <imp [...] hannover.ccc.de>

Mike Taylor via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> I don't understand that problem. As you point out yourself, the > README clearly says -- > > This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, > at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. > > How is that not sufficient

The META.yml file form your module doesn't contain a license line like: license: gpl so http://search.cpan.org/~mirk/Biblio-EndnoteStyle-0.05/ just says "Unknown".

Mon Mar 16 17:43:13 2009 mike [...] indexdata.com - Correspondence added

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Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #44211] please add license information on the cpan page
Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:43:37 +0000
To:	bug-Biblio-EndnoteStyle [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Mike Taylor <mike [...] indexdata.com>

imp via RT writes: Show quoted text

> Queue: Biblio-EndnoteStyle > Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=44211 > > > Mike Taylor via RT wrote:

> > I don't understand that problem. As you point out yourself, the > > README clearly says -- > > > > This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > > it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, > > at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. > > > > How is that not sufficient

> The META.yml file form your module doesn't contain a license line like: > license: gpl > so http://search.cpan.org/~mirk/Biblio-EndnoteStyle-0.05/ just says > "Unknown".

Oh, I see. Well, I will gladly fix that for the next release, but "gpl" would obviously be wrong. Do you know what the correct value is for "the same terms as Perl"? Is this documented anywhere? Thanks. _/|_ ___________________________________________________________________ /o ) \/ Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com> http://www.miketaylor.org.uk )_v__/\ "Sad as a lonely little wrinkled balloon ..." -- Paul Simon, "Crazy Love, volume II"

Mon Mar 16 18:11:21 2009 imp [...] hannover.ccc.de - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #44211] please add license information on the cpan page
Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:11:07 +0100
To:	bug-Biblio-EndnoteStyle [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	imp <imp [...] hannover.ccc.de>

Mike Taylor via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> Oh, I see. Well, I will gladly fix that for the next release, but > "gpl" would obviously be wrong. Do you know what the correct value is > for "the same terms as Perl"? Is this documented anywhere? Thanks

On the perl page (http://www.perl.org/about.html) they write: "Perl is Open Source <http://www.opensource.org/> software, licensed <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/> under its Artistic License <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html>, or the GNU General Public License (GPL) <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/gpl1.html>." (so it's the same like the gentoo perl ebuild states). imp

Thu Mar 19 06:24:38 2009 mike [...] indexdata.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #44211] please add license information on the cpan page
Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:40:22 +0000
To:	bug-Biblio-EndnoteStyle [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Mike Taylor <mike [...] indexdata.com>

imp via RT writes: Show quoted text

> Queue: Biblio-EndnoteStyle > Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=44211 > > > Mike Taylor via RT wrote:

> > Oh, I see. Well, I will gladly fix that for the next release, but > > "gpl" would obviously be wrong. Do you know what the correct value is > > for "the same terms as Perl"? Is this documented anywhere? Thanks

> > On the perl page (http://www.perl.org/about.html) they write: > "Perl is Open Source <http://www.opensource.org/> software, licensed > <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/> under its Artistic License > <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html>, > or the GNU General Public License (GPL) > <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/gpl1.html>." > (so it's the same like the gentoo perl ebuild states).

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I didn't mean to ask whether Perl's licence terms are documented -- I already know what they are, and would not have chosen my own module's licence terms to be "the same as Perl" if I hadn't! What I meant was, is the META.yml "license" entry's vocabulary documented anywhere -- in other words, what precisely should I add to that file to mean "licensed like Perl" as opposed to "licensed under the GPL", which is what you suggested but which doesn't accurately reflect the licensing. Sorry for the confusion. Anyway, I found the answer here: http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec-current.html#license and it's "license: perl". I've added that to the META.yml, and it will be included in the next release. _/|_ ___________________________________________________________________ /o ) \/ Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com> http://www.miketaylor.org.uk )_v__/\ DISCLAIMER -- These are my own opinions. Microsoft takes no responsibility for them. Which is hardly surprising since I don't even work for them.