perl-Net-DNS-SEC license correction

Dan Book grinnz at gmail.com
Fri Aug 7 15:17:33 UTC 2015


GPL/Artistic is the perl license; the module's META.json specifies the MIT
license. The text included in the module is similar to the MIT and ISC
license text, it is definitely not the Artistic license or GPL. Personally
I would seek clarification from the author(s).

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Paul Wouters <paul at nohats.ca> wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Aug 2015, Petr Ĺ abata wrote:
>
> This package's license tag was wrong all along; the license
>> tag will be corrected to `MIT'.  Updates are on the way.
>>
>
> hm, I had 1.01 packages pending......
>
> Also, the license says GPL+ or Artistic. The README says:
>
> Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
> documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
> that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
> copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
> documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in advertising
> or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific
> prior written permission.
>
> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
> IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
> THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
> LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
> FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
> DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
>
>
> Is that not the artistic license?
>
> Paul
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