Re: Request for review: perl-Number-Compare

[Paul Howarth <paul city-fan org>]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 11:31 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
>
> > Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > > I don't see a license issue. 
> > > Want.pm contains:
> > >
> > > Copyright (c) 2001-2003, Robin Houston. All Rights Reserved.
> > > This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
> > > and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.
> > >
> > > This is the standard perl license as being used by the perl package in FC:
> > > # rpm -q --qf '%{LICENSE}\n' perl
> > > Artistic or GPL
> >
> > The issue isn't the licenses themselves, it's that the text of the 
> > license isn't included in the package (and many other perl module packages).
>
> Well, ...
>
> I know, the GPL wants a package to be accompanied with a copy, but ...
> the author is pretty clear about his intention, so I don't see this as a
> problem. 

Neither do I; I was just seeking other opinions, because it conflicts 
with a MUST in the package review checklist and lots of existing 
packages have this issue.

Paul.