Re^3: miniperl larger than perl?

You misinterpret the choice, in such a way as there is no choice.

As a redistributor, you have the choice of what license you want to distribute under. You can choose the Artistic License, which lets you distribute modified binaries without source, so long as you "give non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly document the differences in manual pages (or equivalent), together with instructions on where to get the Standard Version." (4c)

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Re^4: miniperl larger than perl? by Joost (Canon) on Aug 02, 2004 at 23:22 UTC
But the program isn't distributed under the Artistic Licence alone, but under the Perl license, hence also under the GPL, which does require the source code to be available. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^5: miniperl larger than perl? by revdiablo (Prior) on Aug 03, 2004 at 04:37 UTC
It's not both licenses, it's either license. Quote the README (emphasis mine): This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later version, or b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this Kit.	[reply]