in reply to Perl 5 Optimizing Compiler, Part 10: Kickstarter & Performance Benchmarks

Care to comment on this, from the kickstarter? "RPerl is 100% free-of-charge for all non-commercial use."

Does anyone really want to have to pay to use perl? There's no way I'd donate to something that's not going to be Free.
fREW Schmidt
http://blog.afoolishmanifesto.com
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Re^2: Perl 5 Optimizing Compiler, Part 10: Kickstarter & Performance Benchmarks
by Will_the_Chill (Pilgrim) on Nov 30, 2013 at 23:40 UTC
    frew,

    Thanks for your question, it's been asked before and is now clarified in the FAQ:

    Q: How much does RPerl cost?

    A: RPerl is 100% free-of-charge for all non-commercial use as licensed under the same terms as Perl 5.18.0. This means you can use RPerl at home or at work, but you can't re-sell RPerl without the source code and you can't change the copyright terms.

    Does that answer your question?

    Thanks!

    Perling,
    ~ Will
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      That’s cool, because Perl is happily being used commercially too. So if it’s “under the same terms as Perl 5.18.0”, I do quite believe you shouldn’t be emphasising that it’s free for non-commercial use. Or it’s not under the exact same terms.

      Decide.

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        Ralesk, I updated the FAQ again, how does it look now?

        Q: How much does RPerl cost?

        A: RPerl is 100% free-of-charge and is licensed under the same terms as Perl 5.18.0. This means you can use RPerl for free at home or at work, but you can't re-sell RPerl without the source code and you can't change the copyright terms.
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Re^2: Perl 5 Optimizing Compiler, Part 10: Kickstarter & Performance Benchmarks
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 30, 2013 at 22:48 UTC
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