Interesting licensing requires written permission of the author to modify it

Hi I found a module on CPAN http://search.cpan.org/~goyali/google_talk_bot_v_01/ with the following comment regarding licensing: You are not allowed to modify the script unless having the written permission of abhishek jain I am just wondering if having such code on CPAN is really what we want.

Re: Interesting licensing requires written permission of the author to modify it

Howdy, Quite interesting. Personally, I would not touch said code, and I would argue that any code on CPAN that is not under an OSI-approved license be removed. People that stand on the shoulders of giants, yet don't allow others to stand on theirs should not benefit from the glory of CPAN.

Re: Interesting licensing requires written permission of the author to modify it

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 11:53 AM, David Nicol davidni...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Gabor Szabo szab...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I found a module on CPAN http://search.cpan.org/~goyali/google_talk_bot_v_01/ with the following comment regarding licensing: You are not