Devel::...x::Arch(3)
π COPYRIGHT and LICENCE π
okay bestie so this page is short and sweet, but it's literally the most important vibe check of the whole module, so pay attention π
This page is Devel::...x::Arch, and it lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section β iykyk, that's the corner of the manual where the community puts its stuff π¦
π the actual legal tea π
Copyright 2024 David Cantrell
That's the whole copyright line, no cap. Drop it in your notes exactly like that π
πΈ what you're allowed to do πΈ
So here's the situation, and it's genuinely iconic:
This software is free-as-in-speech software β not "free" like a free sample at the mall, free like freedom, and yes the distinction matters π«Ά
Under that deal, you may do all of these things:
- use it π«
- distribute it π
- modify it π₯
...and the terms you're doing all that under are whichever of these two licences you feel like, because it's up to you which one you use:
- the GNU General Public Licence version 2, or
- the Artistic Licence
no wrong answers, bestie, you pick π
π§ where to find the fine print π§
The full text of each licence is right there in the files:
GPL2.txtβ that's the full text of the GNU General Public Licence version 2ARTISTIC.txtβ that's the full text of the Artistic Licence
respectively, obviously π go read them if you want the whole lore, they're literally sitting next to the module.
and that's the entire page, bestie β short, sweet, and legally slaying β¨
sign-off szn π this lil page came from perl v5.42.0 and it's dated 2024-06-23 β mwah, go ship something cute π
π¦ where this page comes from
- opensuse-leap 16.0: perl-Devel-CheckOS 2.40.0-bp160.1.11 Β· Artistic-1.0 OR GPL-2.0-only
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms