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authorTom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com>1998-07-05 04:15:22 -0500
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1998-07-05 21:38:39 +0000
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 1997/04/24 22:46:06 $)
+perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 1998/06/22 15:15:57 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ at http://www.perl.com/perl/faq/ .
=head2 How to contribute to this document
You may mail corrections, additions, and suggestions to
-perlfaq-suggestions@perl.com . Mail sent to the old perlfaq alias
-will merely cause the FAQ to be sent to you.
+perlfaq-suggestions@perl.com . This alias should not be
+used to I<ask> FAQs. It's for fixing the current FAQ.
=head2 What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the authors
@@ -88,30 +88,23 @@ Perl Porters.
=head1 Author and Copyright Information
-Copyright (c) 1997 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
+Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
All rights reserved.
-=head2 Noncommercial Reproduction
+=head2 Bundled Distributions
-Permission is granted to distribute this document, in part or in full,
-via electronic means or printed copy providing that (1) that all credits
-and copyright notices be retained, (2) that no charges beyond reproduction
-be involved, and (3) that a reasonable attempt be made to use the most
-current version available.
+When included as part of the Standard Version of Perl, or as part of
+its complete documentation whether printed or otherwise, this work
+may be distributed only under the terms of Perl's Artistic License.
+Any distribution of this file or derivatives thereof I<outside>
+of that package require that special arrangements be made with
+copyright holder.
-Furthermore, you may include this document in any distribution of the
-full Perl source or binaries, in its verbatim documentation, or on a
-complete dump of the CPAN archive, providing that the three stipulations
-given above continue to be met.
-
-=head2 Commercial Reproduction
-
-Requests for all other distribution rights, including the incorporation
-in part or in full of this text or its code into commercial products
-such as but not limited to books, magazine articles, or CD-ROMs, must
-be made to perlfaq-legal@perl.com. Any commercial use of any portion
-of this document without prior written authorization by its authors
-will be subject to appropriate action.
+Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples in these files
+are hereby placed into the public domain. You are permitted and
+encouraged to use this code in your own programs for fun
+or for profit as you see fit. A simple comment in the code giving
+credit would be courteous but is not required.
=head2 Disclaimer
@@ -124,6 +117,11 @@ in respect of this information or its use.
=over 4
+=head 22/June/98
+
+Significant changes throughout in preparation for the 5.005
+release.
+
=item 24/April/97
Style and whitespace changes from Chip, new question on reading one