And what about BACKPAN (backpan has backissues of cpan ;D)?

I think if all the *cpan.org sites simply included a little link at the bottom about copyright, which would clarify what perl authors mean when they say "the same terms as Perl itself" and/or if that document was included in the root cpan direcotry, there would be no issue.

update: Actually, you know what, there is no issue.

How are Perl and the CPAN modules licensed?

MJD says you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo! ** The Third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.