Hi Reuben,

Reuben Thomas wrote:
> The perl module has a GPL license, but its only file, m4/perl.m4, has an
> "unlimited" license.

The license of a module, in the module description, cannot be "wrong" since
that's the authoritative location where the license is noted.

I guess your problem is that you passed gnulib-tool some --lgpl=... option
and got an "incompatible license" warning. If so, then the patch below would
fix the problem.

Jim, do you agree to this patch?


diff --git a/modules/perl b/modules/perl
index 017ba57a37..6a27919845 100644
--- a/modules/perl
+++ b/modules/perl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Makefile.am:
 Include:
 
 License:
-GPL
+GPLed build tool
 
 Maintainer:
 Jim Meyering




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