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The text below was extrated from the end of README file that ships with
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Perl 5.36.0.
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LICENSING
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=========
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of either:
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a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
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Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any
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later version, or
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b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this Kit.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See either
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the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the Artistic License with this
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Kit, in the file named "Artistic". If not, I'll be glad to provide one.
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You should also have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program in the file named "Copying". If not, write to the
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Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
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Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA or visit their web page on the internet at
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https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
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For those of you that choose to use the GNU General Public License,
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my interpretation of the GNU General Public License is that no Perl
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script falls under the terms of the GPL unless you explicitly put
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said script under the terms of the GPL yourself. Furthermore, any
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object code linked with perl does not automatically fall under the
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terms of the GPL, provided such object code only adds definitions
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of subroutines and variables, and does not otherwise impair the
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resulting interpreter from executing any standard Perl script. I
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consider linking in C subroutines in this manner to be the moral
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equivalent of defining subroutines in the Perl language itself. You
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may sell such an object file as proprietary provided that you provide
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or offer to provide the Perl source, as specified by the GNU General
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Public License. (This is merely an alternate way of specifying input
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to the program.) You may also sell a binary produced by the dumping of
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a running Perl script that belongs to you, provided that you provide or
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offer to provide the Perl source as specified by the GPL. (The
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fact that a Perl interpreter and your code are in the same binary file
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is, in this case, a form of mere aggregation.) This is my interpretation
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of the GPL. If you still have concerns or difficulties understanding
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my intent, feel free to contact me. Of course, the Artistic License
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spells all this out for your protection, so you may prefer to use that.
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