[Bug 171640] Review Request: perl-Log-Dispatch-FileRotate - Log to files that archive/rotate themselves

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Summary: Review Request: perl-Log-Dispatch-FileRotate - Log to files that archive/rotate themselves


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------- Additional Comments From rc040203 at freenet.de  2005-12-20 13:03 EST -------
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > (In reply to comment #3)
> > > (In reply to comment #2)
> > 
> > > Is there a precedent in Extras for calling perl modules (or anything else for
> > > that matter) "distributable" in the absence of any specific licensing terms
> > > being included upstream?
> > Absence of copyright and licensing always means "legally questionable/use at
> > your own risk",
> > c.f. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-pkgcopyright
> > 
> > => This package probably qualifies as non-distributable.
> > 
> > Another indication for the same, is this package seemingly missing from Debian
> > (at least I could not find it).
> 
> Isn't CPAN an exception?
Well, may-be ... CPAN modules/dists definitely are well known to be widely used
on various platforms, which might qualify all submissions as "implicitly
licenced Perl, unless otherwise stated", but I would not bet on this.
Courts probably would have to decide "in case", but I even doubt there is a
precedence for such cases.

All I can say, to be on the safe side as a packager, each package must be
covered by _both_ a Copyright and a License notice. However, as only copyright
holders are legitmated to sue you, it probably would have to be this
perl-module's author to do so ;)

I.e. I think, the risk of being sued for shipping/packaging this package is very
low, however I don't think this package fulfills Fedora's narrow licensing
contraints.

May-be somebody from "Legal" will have give a statement on "if distribution
perl-modules through CPAN implies licensed Perl unless otherwise stated"
(I am inclined to think so.)




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