offering shareware on CPAN

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have a commercial software product written in XS to protect the source code from theft. It is licensed to customers with an EULA. I have seen Modules on CPAN that already link with non-free commercial software. What would happen if I upload a free 30 day shareware version of my Perl Module Kit to CPAN to spread awareness of my product?

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Re: offering shareware on CPAN by daxim (Curate) on Sep 15, 2012 at 05:53 UTC
http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#Does_CPAN_allow_shareware CPAN licencing: freely distributable	[reply]
Re: offering shareware on CPAN by Anonymous Monk on Sep 15, 2012 at 13:27 UTC
Build a Perl interface to your product if it makes sense to have one, and offer it on your site or as part of your package. If the product becomes wildly popular, someone else might suggest it for CPAN. But as a "promotional," no.	[reply]
Re: offering shareware on CPAN by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Sep 15, 2012 at 06:24 UTC
-- for posting this question anonymously. A username would have garnered ++ because it’s interesting and I didn’t know—but could guess—the answer daxim linked.	[reply]