Re: Array::Diff - POD fixes, copyright issues
Hi Peter,
> However, the main problem still remains - did you take a look at
> my explanations about the license and copyright? :)
Oops! I forgot it!
I will change Diff.pm like below and release as 0.05002
Thanks.
diff --git a/lib/Array/Diff.pm b/lib/Array/Diff.pm
index 5ee65e3..f76d007 100644
--- a/lib/Array/Diff.pm
+++ b/lib/Array/Diff.pm
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ L<Algorithm::Diff>
Daisuke Murase <typester@cpan.org>
-=head1 COPYRIGHT
+=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+Copyright (c) 2009 by Daisuke Murase.
This program is free software; you can redistribute
it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
2009/5/11 Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>:
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:45:52AM +0900, Daisuke Murase (typester) wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Thanks for writing and maintaining the Array::Diff module!
>> >
>> > I'm trying to create a Debian Linux package for Array::Diff, and
>> > unfortunately I've hit a couple of problems. In the current version
>> > of the Array-Diff-0.05 distribution, there is no clear copyright
>> > statement listing authors and copyright years :) Of course, there
>> > is your name and address in the "AUTHOR" POD section, but legally,
>> > this is not enough; and then there is the "COPYRIGHT" POD section,
>> > but it only contains *license* information, no copyright statement
>> > at all :)
>> >
>> > Would it be possible for you to, say, rename this section to
>> > "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE", as seems to be customary for Perl modules,
>> > and add a "Copyright (C)" line listing the authors (that would be you)
>> > and the years in which the module has been changed? It would be best
>> > to also add a copyright line to the distribution's README file so that
>> > it is clear that all files in the distribution are covered by it.
>> >
> [snip my perldoc improvement suggestions]
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> I applied a your patch and uploaded as new version to CPAN right now.
>> It's available soon at http://search.cpan.org/dist/Array-Diff-0.05001/
>>
>> Thank you for your patch!
>
> Thanks a lot for including the perldoc changes! :)
> I've already integrated your 0.05001 release in the Debian Perl Group's
> Subversion repository.
>
> However, the main problem still remains - did you take a look at
> my explanations about the license and copyright? :) See the part of
> my original message that I quoted above - the Array-Diff distribution
> has no clear copyright statement, and this makes it not-quite-suitable
> for inclusion in most OS distributions out there :/
>
> As explained above, it would be enough if you added a sentence either
> to the "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE" section of Diff.pm, or to the README
> file itself - just one sentence containing the word "Copyright",
> your name, and one or more years would be enough :)
>
> Once again, thanks for taking the time to address our concerns!
>
> G'luck,
> Peter
>
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