Re: no one is asking for Perl to be GPL-only (was Re: licensing issues)

[email protected] (Russ Allbery) 14 Jan 2001 19:57:48 -0800
Newsgroups perl.perl6.licenses
Organization The Eyrie
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Ben Tilly <[email protected]> writes:
> "Bradley M. Kuhn" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> The FSF surely wants Perl to be under a GPL compatible license (and,
>> (GPL|SOMETHING) is always GPL-compatible, by default).  I don't think
>> the FSF has ever expressed a desire that Perl be GPL-only.  In fact,
>> the FSF has a policy of encouraging everyone to always dual-licensing
>> (GPL|Artistic) for Perl modules, to encourage uniformity, and avoid
>> licensing confusion for those who use lots of Perl modules.

> Could you point me at this policy?

<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#PerlLicense>

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