in reply to Re: Are the Perldocs Copyrighted?
in thread Are the Perldocs Copyrighted?

But aren't these the licenses for Perl itself?
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Re^3: Are the Perldocs Copyrighted?
by Marshall (Canon) on Jul 19, 2011 at 23:06 UTC
    The documentation is part of a Perl installation package. With Perl's markup language, pod (plain old documentation), the documentation is just coded into the same file as the program itself. There are translators that run which convert the Perl pod into HTML or perldoc text.

    Go look inside some .pm files that are installed on your system.

      So to be clear... I can print out the Perldocs.
      perl.j-----A Newbie To Perl

        Only over international waters, or portions of Antarctica.

        Just kidding. For personal use, get yourself a new ink cartridge and have at it.


        Dave

        Just to be precise ...

              ... you may print out the docs without fear of infringing the copyright; however, permission ("may") ne ability ("can"), so davido's wise response may or may not be the last word on your ability to do so.

        For that matter, Marshall's to-the-point suggestion is not intended (TTBOMK) to require that you retain counsel for advice on the fine points, in your intended usage.