Perl's licensing situation is interesting

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by ben_tilly

8/8/05 8:47:14 PM

Perl's licensing situation is interesting

Perl is available under a choice of the GPL or the Artistic License. I have it on good authority that the Artistic License was designed to be easy to drive a truck through.

Apparently there is a desire to tighten up Perl 6's licensing somewhat. But not too much - after all a number of key Perl people are big BSD fans who detest the GPL. Larry Wall doesn't want to drive them away.

Cheers,
Ben

I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)

This has been bugging me. - (imric) - (72) - Aug. 8, 2005, 01:28:30 PM EDT

It's the usual cack. - (pwhysall) - (13) - Aug. 8, 2005, 01:58:45 PM EDT

Nonsense, Peter. - (imric) - (12) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:19:00 PM EDT

I repeat. - (pwhysall) - (3) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:27:25 PM EDT

I care about this, Peter. - (imric) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:38:01 PM EDT

I don't doubt that you care. - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:44:15 PM EDT

It's true that it may be less of a problem - (imric) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:53:44 PM EDT

the fact that you dont distribute your software - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:32:11 PM EDT

disgruntled >>--> Whistleblower laws. -NT - (imric) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:39:50 PM EDT

Also, looky here: - (pwhysall) - (5) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:32:33 PM EDT

ICLRPD (new thread) - (Steve Lowe) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:41:18 PM EDT

Woo hoo. - (imric) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:42:17 PM EDT

Remember, existing GPLv2 software will remain GPLv2 - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:46:09 PM EDT

ROFL - just posted that is a mitigating factor... - (imric) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:54:36 PM EDT

He who controls the compiler... - (ChrisR) - Aug. 8, 2005, 02:49:32 PM EDT

How is it ridiculous? - (JayMehaffey) - (36) - Aug. 8, 2005, 03:49:56 PM EDT

Bravo. -NT - (folkert) - (23) - Aug. 8, 2005, 04:01:32 PM EDT

Guess you don't want to use application source - (imric) - (22) - Aug. 8, 2005, 04:04:34 PM EDT

Here is my grounds for poo-pooing your concern. - (folkert) - (6) - Aug. 8, 2005, 06:10:58 PM EDT

No. Wrong. And this is why - (imric) - (5) - Aug. 8, 2005, 09:25:40 PM EDT

Exactly the kind of response I expected. - (folkert) - (4) - Aug. 8, 2005, 09:35:15 PM EDT

Horsecrap. - (imric) - (3) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:00:19 PM EDT

The binaries have not been distributed . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:52:35 PM EDT

And then GPL4. - (imric) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:53:45 PM EDT

Or most OSS used for web services won't be GPL3 -NT - (tonytib) - Aug. 9, 2005, 11:09:09 AM EDT

Another train of thought, I need to mention. - (folkert) - (5) - Aug. 8, 2005, 06:23:20 PM EDT

question, using go-global - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2005, 06:35:34 PM EDT

I knowest not. -NT - (folkert) - Aug. 8, 2005, 06:36:27 PM EDT

Since MS software is licenced per user - (imric) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2005, 09:26:59 PM EDT

No... there is only one user. - (folkert) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2005, 09:33:46 PM EDT

Again, ridiculous. - (imric) - Aug. 8, 2005, 09:59:23 PM EDT

Excuse me. I am a programmer. - (ben_tilly) - (8) - Aug. 8, 2005, 07:55:39 PM EDT

there is a place for all kinds - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2005, 08:35:29 PM EDT

Perl's licensing situation is interesting - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 8, 2005, 08:47:14 PM EDT

Not at all, Ben. - (imric) - (5) - Aug. 8, 2005, 09:44:15 PM EDT

Perspective is all - (ChrisR) - (4) - Aug. 8, 2005, 09:57:19 PM EDT

Pirates? - (imric) - (3) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:11:53 PM EDT

Pirate analogy is a different issue - (ChrisR) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:42:16 PM EDT

I disagree - (broomberg) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:46:16 PM EDT

The original instigation for FSF - (ChrisR) - Aug. 8, 2005, 11:16:18 PM EDT

How is that a 'loophole' unless - (imric) - (11) - Aug. 8, 2005, 04:01:46 PM EDT

It's a loophole for the FSF. - (pwhysall) - (6) - Aug. 8, 2005, 04:05:12 PM EDT

http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=21 - (imric) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2005, 04:07:22 PM EDT

Your point? - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2005, 04:10:54 PM EDT

I started this - (imric) - Aug. 8, 2005, 04:28:30 PM EDT

Business Interests - (ChrisR) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2005, 04:25:20 PM EDT

Most businesses... - (pwhysall) - Aug. 8, 2005, 04:28:35 PM EDT

Same difference, if the apps are GPLed. -NT - (imric) - Aug. 8, 2005, 04:29:02 PM EDT

It's contrary to the spirit of the GPL - (JayMehaffey) - (3) - Aug. 8, 2005, 06:45:32 PM EDT

Except, of course - (imric) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:16:36 PM EDT

Not anti-Buisness - (JayMehaffey) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:47:55 PM EDT

*shrug* same as BSD - (imric) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:50:32 PM EDT

Sorry Skip, you are lacking some significant clues - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Aug. 8, 2005, 07:41:42 PM EDT

Ruining business? - (imric) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:06:32 PM EDT

And you're still missing the point - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Aug. 9, 2005, 02:42:27 AM EDT

And that's what I did - I slept on it. - (imric) - Aug. 9, 2005, 07:08:34 AM EDT

I was going to say something smart-ass here, - (broomberg) - (14) - Aug. 8, 2005, 09:11:07 PM EDT

No. You are not listening. Just like the rest. - (imric) - (13) - Aug. 8, 2005, 09:58:06 PM EDT

Re: No. You are not listening. Just like the rest. - (bepatient) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:11:23 PM EDT

Religion? - (broomberg) - (5) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:32:07 PM EDT

Listen carefully, now. - (imric) - (4) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:47:31 PM EDT

A collective yawn - (ChrisR) - (3) - Aug. 8, 2005, 11:37:29 PM EDT

Long term = 0 - (bepatient) - Aug. 9, 2005, 01:01:56 AM EDT

I don't think he's talking about selling mods . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 9, 2005, 01:15:34 AM EDT

Correct - reselling not the point. - (imric) - Aug. 9, 2005, 07:00:45 AM EDT

I think I understand where you're coming from. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2005, 10:49:19 PM EDT

Yeah. I think the 'coming fork' is a bad thing, though -NT - (imric) - Aug. 8, 2005, 11:09:48 PM EDT

I think this is where you are going wrong - (JayMehaffey) - Aug. 8, 2005, 11:10:42 PM EDT

I am not missing this point. - (folkert) - (2) - Aug. 9, 2005, 05:53:10 PM EDT

I see what you're saying - (imric) - (1) - Aug. 9, 2005, 06:13:59 PM EDT

BTW, this discussion should really be moved to (new thread) - (imric) - Aug. 9, 2005, 06:15:33 PM EDT

Several things - (ubernostrum) - (1) - Aug. 9, 2005, 07:32:38 AM EDT

More good points (new thread) - (imric) - Aug. 9, 2005, 08:47:45 AM EDT

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