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diff --git a/pod/perltoot.pod b/pod/perltoot.pod index 90ef81ae26..c77a971b57 100644 --- a/pod/perltoot.pod +++ b/pod/perltoot.pod @@ -1753,27 +1753,25 @@ L<perltie>, and L<overload>. -=head1 COPYRIGHT +=head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT + +Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Tom Christiansen +All rights reserved. + +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. -I I<really> hate to have to say this, but recent unpleasant -experiences have mandated its inclusion: - - Copyright 1996 Tom Christiansen. All Rights Reserved. - -This work derives in part from the second edition of I<Programming Perl>. -Although destined for release as a manpage with the standard Perl -distribution, it is not public domain (nor is any of Perl and its docset: -publishers beware). It's expected to someday make its way into a revision -of the Camel Book. While it is copyright by me with all rights reserved, -permission is granted to freely distribute verbatim copies of this -document provided that no modifications outside of formatting be made, -and that this notice remain intact. You are permitted and encouraged to -use its code and derivatives thereof in your own source code for fun or -for profit as you see fit. But so help me, if in six months I find some -book out there with a hacked-up version of this material in it claiming to -be written by someone else, I'll tell all the world that you're a jerk. -Furthermore, your lawyer will meet my lawyer (or O'Reilly's) over lunch -to arrange for you to receive your just deserts. Count on it. +Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples in this file +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. + +=head1 COPYRIGHT =head2 Acknowledgments |