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in thread Why non-core CPAN modules can't be used in large corporate environments.

The length, depth and intracacies of all the various forms of GPL licence agreements are such that it is impossible for any indiviudual or company to arrive at a conclusion: "Yes I can use this in my commercial project".
All the various forms? You mean two, right? The original GPL and the LGPL. All you have to do to be in compliance with the GPL is to make sure you distribute your source code to those who request it.
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Re^16: Why non-core CPAN modules can't be used in large corporate environments.
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 07, 2005 at 20:09 UTC

    You see, even with something as simple as trying to indicate "widely available and recognised free software licencing agreements"--Ie. What I was trying to indicate when I used "GPL licences"--you need a lawyer to verify what you are saying.

    The FSF has found cause to make distinctions regarding the following 28 free software licence agreements (from FSF):

    1. GNU GPL.
    2. GNU LGPL
    3. Licence of Guile
    4. License of the run-time units of the GNU Ada compiler
    5. X11 licence
    6. Expat Licence
    7. Standard ML of New Jersey Copyright License
    8. Public Domain
    9. Cryptix General License
    10. Modified BSD license
    11. License of ZLib
    12. License of the iMatix Standard Function Library
    13. W3C Software Notice and License
    14. Berkeley Database License (aka the Sleepycat Software Product License)
    15. OpenLDAP License, Version 2.7
    16. License of Python 1.6a2 and earlier versions
    17. License of Python 2.0.1, 2.1.1, and newer versions
    18. License of Perl
    19. Clarified Artistic License
    20. Zope Public License version 2.0
    21. Intel Open Source License (as published by OSI)
    22. License of Netscape Javascript
    23. eCos license version 2.0
    24. Eiffel Forum License, version 2
    25. License of Vim, Version 6.1 or later
    26. Boost Software License
    27. EU DataGrid Software License
    28. The license of Ruby

    And those are just the "GPL compatible" ones! There is another list of 30+ "incompatible" ones, and 20 or so more including the original "Artistic licence", that are not considered "free software licences" at all.

    Me, I'm just a layman. I ain't about to argue with the FSF.

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