So is it OK to put intentional malware on CPAN as long as the license is acceptable?

Probably not, but not having a Makefile.PL doesn't make it "intentional malware".

For anything that is meant to be useful for a community,

Not everything placed on CPAN is meant to be useful for a community. Some people place code on CPAN because the code was useful for them, and they just put it there because it might be useful for others. But it isn't driven by the mentality of "doing it for the good of the community".

I don't believe in this "community" thing. I just happen to work with Perl and I'm willing to share some my code, experience and knowledge. But I only doing because it make me feel good, and not because of some sixties "community" idea where I'd feel obliged to service them according to some rulebook.

Abigail

In reply to Re: Acme::Lingua::Pirate::Perl author needs encouragement to add Makefile.PL by Abigail-II
in thread Acme::Lingua::Pirate::Perl author needs encouragement to add Makefile.PL by merlyn

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