| Subject: | Missing Copyright Information |
Hi:
While packaging your module for Debian, I noticed that your module
doesn't seem to mention copyright information anywhere, though it does
mention that it's under the Perl license. Also, while it says that it's
licensed under the Artistic license, it has in parantheses, Same as
Perl. However, Perl5 is under a dual license of either the Artistic
license or GPL, version 1 or later.
In Debian we need copyright/license information for all packages we
upload. Could you give us (replying to this bug report is fine): years
of copyright, copyright holders' names, copyright holders' e-mail
addresses. Unfortunately without this information we cannot upload it.
This is more than just a Debian issue. I'm not a lawyer, but it's my
understanding that both copyright and licensing information is vital for
the continued success of open source software. Copyright is what allows
you to assert a license, and a license is what ensures open source
remains open source, and that users can make use of your software. A
great article discussing some of this is "What is Copyleft?" by Richard
Stallman: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/
Thanks for releasing your work to the CPAN. I apologize in advance for
the noise, as I understand that the last thing most authors want to deal
with is legal administrivia like this. I do hope, however, that you
could (in your continued generosity) help us with this request.
Cheers,
Jonathan