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13 <big><strong><span class="block">&nbsp;perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License</span></strong></big>
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22 <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li>
23 <li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
24 <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
25 <li><a href="#the_artistic_license">The ``Artistic License''</a></li>
26 <ul>
28 <li><a href="#preamble">Preamble</a></li>
29 <li><a href="#definitions">Definitions</a></li>
30 <li><a href="#conditions">Conditions</a></li>
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39 <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
40 <p>perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License</p>
41 <p>
42 </p>
43 <hr />
44 <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
45 <pre>
46 You can refer to this document in Pod via &quot;L&lt;<a href="//C|\msysgit\mingw\html/pod/perlartistic.html">perlartistic</a>&gt;&quot;
47 Or you can see this document by entering &quot;<a href="//C|\msysgit\mingw\html/pod/perldoc.html">perldoc</a> <a href="//C|\msysgit\mingw\html/pod/perlartistic.html">perlartistic</a>&quot;</pre>
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51 <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
52 <p>This is <strong>``The Artistic License''</strong>. It's here so that modules,
53 programs, etc., that want to declare this as their distribution
54 license, can link to it.</p>
55 <p>It is also one of the two licenses Perl allows itself to be
56 redistributed and/or modified; for the other one, the GNU General
57 Public License, see the <a href="file://C|\msysgit\mingw\html/pod/perlgpl.html">the perlgpl manpage</a>.</p>
58 <p>
59 </p>
60 <hr />
61 <h1><a name="the_artistic_license">The ``Artistic License''</a></h1>
62 <p>
63 </p>
64 <h2><a name="preamble">Preamble</a></h2>
65 <p>The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a
66 Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some
67 semblance of artistic control over the development of the package,
68 while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute
69 the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make
70 reasonable modifications.</p>
71 <p>
72 </p>
73 <h2><a name="definitions">Definitions</a></h2>
74 <dl>
75 <dt><strong><a name="item__22package_22">``Package''</a></strong>
77 <dd>
78 <p>refers to the collection of files distributed by the
79 Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files created
80 through textual modification.</p>
81 </dd>
82 </li>
83 <dt><strong><a name="item__22standard_version_22">``Standard Version''</a></strong>
85 <dd>
86 <p>refers to such a Package if it has not been
87 modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of the
88 Copyright Holder as specified below.</p>
89 </dd>
90 </li>
91 <dt><strong><a name="item__22copyright_holder_22">``Copyright Holder''</a></strong>
93 <dd>
94 <p>is whoever is named in the copyright or
95 copyrights for the package.</p>
96 </dd>
97 </li>
98 <dt><strong><a name="item__22you_22">``You''</a></strong>
100 <dd>
101 <p>is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing this Package.</p>
102 </dd>
103 </li>
104 <dt><strong><a name="item__22reasonable_copying_fee_22">``Reasonable copying fee''</a></strong>
106 <dd>
107 <p>is whatever you can justify on the basis
108 of media cost, duplication charges, time of people involved, and so on.
109 (You will not be required to justify it to the Copyright Holder, but
110 only to the computing community at large as a market that must bear the
111 fee.)</p>
112 </dd>
113 </li>
114 <dt><strong><a name="item__22freely_available_22">``Freely Available''</a></strong>
116 <dd>
117 <p>means that no fee is charged for the item
118 itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the item. It also
119 means that recipients of the item may redistribute it under the same
120 conditions they received it.</p>
121 </dd>
122 </li>
123 </dl>
125 </p>
126 <h2><a name="conditions">Conditions</a></h2>
127 <ol>
128 <li>
129 <p>You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the
130 Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided that you
131 duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers.</p>
132 </li>
133 <li>
134 <p>You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications
135 derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A Package
136 modified in such a way shall still be considered the Standard Version.</p>
137 </li>
138 <li>
139 <p>You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided
140 that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file stating how and
141 when you changed that file, and provided that you do at least ONE of the
142 following:</p>
143 <dl>
144 <dt><strong><a name="item_a_29">a)</a></strong>
146 <dd>
147 <p>place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them
148 Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet or an
149 equivalent medium, or placing the modifications on a major archive site
150 such as uunet.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include
151 your modifications in the Standard Version of the Package.</p>
152 </dd>
153 </li>
154 <dt><strong><a name="item_b_29">b)</a></strong>
156 <dd>
157 <p>use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization.</p>
158 </dd>
159 </li>
160 <dt><strong><a name="item_c_29">c)</a></strong>
162 <dd>
163 <p>rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict with
164 standard executables, which must also be provided, and provide a
165 separate manual page for each non-standard executable that clearly
166 documents how it differs from the Standard Version.</p>
167 </dd>
168 </li>
169 <dt><strong><a name="item_d_29">d)</a></strong>
171 <dd>
172 <p>make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.</p>
173 </dd>
174 </li>
175 </dl>
176 <li>
177 <p>You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or
178 executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following:</p>
179 <dl>
180 <dt><strong>a)</strong>
182 <dd>
183 <p>distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library files,
184 together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent) on where
185 to get the Standard Version.</p>
186 </dd>
187 </li>
188 <dt><strong>b)</strong>
190 <dd>
191 <p>accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of the
192 Package with your modifications.</p>
193 </dd>
194 </li>
195 <dt><strong>c)</strong>
197 <dd>
198 <p>give non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly
199 document the differences in manual pages (or equivalent), together with
200 instructions on where to get the Standard Version.</p>
201 </dd>
202 </li>
203 <dt><strong>d)</strong>
205 <dd>
206 <p>make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.</p>
207 </dd>
208 </li>
209 </dl>
210 <li>
211 <p>You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this
212 Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this
213 Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However,
214 you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly
215 commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software
216 distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a
217 product of your own. You may embed this Package's interpreter within
218 an executable of yours (by linking); this shall be construed as a mere
219 form of aggregation, provided that the complete Standard Version of the
220 interpreter is so embedded.</p>
221 </li>
222 <li>
223 <p>The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as
224 output from the programs of this Package do not automatically fall
225 under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whoever generated
226 them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this
227 Package. If such scripts or library files are aggregated with this
228 Package via the so-called ``undump'' or ``unexec'' methods of producing a
229 binary executable image, then distribution of such an image shall
230 neither be construed as a distribution of this Package nor shall it
231 fall under the restrictions of Paragraphs 3 and 4, provided that you do
232 not represent such an executable image as a Standard Version of this
233 Package.</p>
234 </li>
235 <li>
236 <p>C subroutines (or comparably compiled subroutines in other
237 languages) supplied by you and linked into this Package in order to
238 emulate subroutines and variables of the language defined by this
239 Package shall not be considered part of this Package, but are the
240 equivalent of input as in Paragraph 6, provided these subroutines do
241 not change the language in any way that would cause it to fail the
242 regression tests for the language.</p>
243 </li>
244 <li>
245 <p>Aggregation of this Package with a commercial distribution is always
246 permitted provided that the use of this Package is embedded; that is,
247 when no overt attempt is made to make this Package's interfaces visible
248 to the end user of the commercial distribution. Such use shall not be
249 construed as a distribution of this Package.</p>
250 </li>
251 <li>
252 <p>The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote
253 products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.</p>
254 </li>
255 <li>
256 <p>THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
257 IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
258 WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.</p>
259 </li>
260 </ol>
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