I did contact AS for clarification on this issue, and got no reply.

PDK is a useful tool, as is PAR; I'd hate to be forced to give either of them up. For my particular app, the PDK package starts noticeably faster than the PAR package--that was enough to justify the expense for me.

I would never have experimented with packaging perl apps like this if PAR wasn't available. AS sold me a license of PDK because I made a decision based on my evaluation and successful use of PAR.

My good will toward AS would be pretty much wiped out if they pulled a licensing maneuver and banned use of PAR with ActivePerl.