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author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2003-05-04 09:25:48 +0000 |
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committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2003-05-04 09:25:48 +0000 |
commit | 2a551100939323428e5b071089d183aafb961137 (patch) | |
tree | 47949f60744d406fdf44f59249054c5d97e536b0 /pod/perlgpl.pod | |
parent | 3e4c85f8945e5b47709bbfe5276a94e65ba0bd48 (diff) | |
download | perl-2a551100939323428e5b071089d183aafb961137.tar.gz |
Add Artistic as perlartistic and GPL (the Copying) as perlgpl;
regen perltoc, perlmodlib. The GPL added as verbatim as possible,
the perlartistic is a straightforward podification.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@19401
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diff --git a/pod/perlgpl.pod b/pod/perlgpl.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..78902ceda0 --- /dev/null +++ b/pod/perlgpl.pod @@ -0,0 +1,260 @@ +=pod + +=head1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE + +This document includes the GNU General Public License, one of the two +alternatives licenses under which Perl can be redistributed and/or +modified. See also the Perl Artistic License L<perlartistic>. + +=head2 The License Text + + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE + Version 1, February 1989 + + Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA + Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies + of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. + + Preamble + + The license agreements of most software companies try to keep users + at the mercy of those companies. 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