Re:^3: What is the big deal about PAR?

The DLL may be marked as being redistributable. Someone with AS perl handy might want to check that (or I will later when I get back the AS perl machine).

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Re: Re:^3: What is the big deal about PAR? by jand (Friar) on Mar 17, 2003 at 01:01 UTC
No, it is not marked as redistributable. However, since the source code to the DLL is available under the same terms as Perl, you could technically build an identical version yourself that would be redistributable. One reason it is not marked as redistributable is because it claims to be `Binary build XXX provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveSt +ate.com` [download] We kind of expect people who build their own Perl from the sources to change this string (and not call it ActivePerl). :) The reason is that people come to ActiveState support when they run into problems with ActivePerl, and this is not desireable when the program hasn't even been distributed by ActiveState. It is expensive enough to provide (limited) free tech support for a product that is also provided for free.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: Re:^3: What is the big deal about PAR?
by jand (Friar) on Mar 17, 2003 at 01:01 UTC

One reason it is not marked as redistributable is because it claims to be

    Binary build XXX provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveSt
+ate.com
[download]

We kind of expect people who build their own Perl from the sources to change this string (and not call it ActivePerl). :) The reason is that people come to ActiveState support when they run into problems with ActivePerl, and this is not desireable when the program hasn't even been distributed by ActiveState. It is expensive enough to provide (limited) free tech support for a product that is also provided for free.

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