The Perl Foundation published drafts of both the Artistic License version 2.0 and its Contributor License Agreement, seeking public comment on both.
Work on a new license has been progressing since 2000, according to Zonker Brockmeier's drafts of both licenses.
Lawyers and organizations that use Perl received the first look at those drafts before they made it out to the public. Although the 2.0 Artistic license is longer than 1.0, not much has changed.
The report cited
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The new Artistic License contains a relicensing clause. The Perl Foundation created this to allow "people to redistribute a Modified Version of an Artistic License package under one of the so called 'copy-left' licenses," said Randal in the report.
A significant sign of the times has been reflected in language addressing patent issues. The sue-happy environment created by aggressive litigants and questionable patent issuances by the US Patent Office contributed to a climate where the Perl Foundation had to consider that.
The Contributor License Agreement should present contributors with a process similar to that used by the Del.icio.us") | Yahoo! My Web |
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