On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 12:05:32AM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote: > Package: libdbd-pg-perl > Version: 0.92-1 > > >From the manual page: > > COPYRIGHT > The DBD::Pg module is free software. You may distribute under > the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the > Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file, with > the exception that it cannot be placed on a CD-ROM or similar > media for commercial distribution without the prior approval of > the author.
I dealt with this program's license once a few months ago. I don't remember every detail (including the relevant versions), but the license that came with the program changed from a free one to one that prohibited some form of commercial use. I emailed the author and he expressed his intention that the program be free, explained that the offending language was copied from another source (some DBI example code, I think), and said he would change the license to make it free (I think the license he copied was changed, too). I downloaded the current DBD::Pg distribution (.93). In several locations, including the README and the top of source files, the license expressed is free. So, I expect the license in the man page is an oversight. I'm sure that the author will gladly work this out favorably. Andrew
