Hi, This is my understanding of Perl licensing:
Perl frameworks do not pass their GPL license to applications that are written with them. You can use any GPL'ed perl framework to build a proprietary application and license it separately (non-GPL'ed). The GPL affects code that is "linked" to it and then redistributed. The issue of "linking" is a gray area. I believe Larry Wall has expressed that the scripting nature of the perl language means that it is not a linked language, and the GPL on one module does not therefore transfer to applications that use it. Stephen On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 21:17, David Christensen wrote: > Let me refine this one: > > > 5. Perl Artistic License. > > My wish is a license that allows both propriety and open products (e.g. > the framework license doesn't compel disclosure of source code or > dictate licensing terms). Since I'm wishing for a Perl framework, the > Perl license came to mind first. Other licenses may do. > >
