This is the Debian package of the Authen::Smb perl module. It was downloaded by Will Lowe on June 25 2001 from a CPAN mirror (try www.cpan.org). The source for the package contains no copyright or redistribution terms, but contact the author has indicated (see below) that is is redistributable under the terms of the GNU GPL and the Perl Artistic licenses, which can be found on Debian systems in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL and /usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic respectively. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 04:38:46 -0700 From: Patrick Michael Kane To: lowe@debian.org Subject: Re: Authen::Smb license Message-ID: <20010626043846.A11135@pr.es.to> References: <20010625214752.A10493@c375970-a.pinol1.sfba.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010625214752.A10493@c375970-a.pinol1.sfba.home.com>; from lowe@debian.org on Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 09:47:52PM -0700 Status: RO Content-Length: 740 Lines: 29 Will: It is distributed under the same licensing terms as perl. Best, * lowe@debian.org (lowe@debian.org) [010625 21:47]: > Hi there, > > I downloaded your Authen::Smb perl module from CPAN, and it's > wonderful! Thanks. One question: > > There's no mention in the distribution (or in the pod/manpage docs) of > the copyright status or redistribution terms for the package. Should > it be considered GPL, or the Perl Artistic license, or something else? > > I'd like to prepare a Debian package of Authen::Smb to be included > with the next release of Debian, but I can't do that unless I can > clear up the license status. > > -- > thanks, > Will > > -- Patrick Michael Kane