{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "perlartistic",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/perlartistic/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-04T11:15:54Z",
    "synopsis": "You can refer to this document in Pod via \"L<perlartistic>\"\nOr you can see this document by entering \"perldoc perlartistic\"",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "You can refer to this document in Pod via \"L<perlartistic>\"\nOr you can see this document by entering \"perldoc perlartistic\"\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Perl is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either:\n\na) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free\nSoftware Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any\nlater version, or\n\nb) the \"Artistic License\" which comes with this Kit.\n\nThis is \"The Artistic License\".  It's here so that modules, programs, etc., that want to\ndeclare this as their distribution license can link to it.\n\nFor the GNU General Public License, see perlgpl.\n\nThe \"Artistic License\"",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "Preamble",
                    "content": "The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a Package may be copied,\nsuch that the Copyright Holder maintains some semblance of artistic control over the\ndevelopment of the package, while giving the users of the package the right to use and\ndistribute the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make reasonable\nmodifications.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Definitions",
                    "content": "\"Package\"\nrefers to the collection of files distributed by the Copyright Holder, and derivatives of\nthat collection of files created through textual modification.\n\n\"Standard Version\"\nrefers  to such a Package if it has not been modified, or has been modified in accordance\nwith the wishes of the Copyright Holder as specified below.\n\n\"Copyright Holder\"\nis whoever is named in the copyright or copyrights for the package.\n\n\"You\"\nis you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing this Package.\n\n\"Reasonable copying fee\"\nis whatever you can justify on the basis of media  cost,  duplication  charges,  time  of\npeople  involved,  and  so  on.  (You will not be required to justify it to the Copyright\nHolder, but only to the computing community at large as a market that must bear the fee.)\n\n\"Freely Available\"\nmeans that no fee is charged for the item itself, though there may be  fees  involved  in\nhandling  the  item.  It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute it under\nthe same conditions they received it.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Conditions",
                    "content": "1.  You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the Standard Version  of\nthis  Package  without  restriction,  provided  that  you  duplicate  all of the original\ncopyright notices and associated disclaimers.\n\n2.  You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes  and  other  modifications  derived  from  the\nPublic Domain or from the Copyright Holder.  A Package modified in such a way shall still\nbe considered the Standard Version.\n\n3.  You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided that you insert a\nprominent  notice  in  each  changed file stating how and when you changed that file, and\nprovided that you do at least ONE of the following:\n\na)  place your  modifications  in  the  Public  Domain  or  otherwise  make  them  Freely\nAvailable,  such  as by posting said modifications to Usenet or an equivalent medium,\nor placing the modifications on a major archive site  such  as  uunet.uu.net,  or  by\nallowing  the  Copyright Holder to include your modifications in the Standard Version\nof the Package.\n\nb)  use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization.\n\nc)  rename any non-standard executables so  the  names  do  not  conflict  with  standard\nexecutables, which must also be provided, and provide a separate manual page for each\nnon-standard  executable  that  clearly  documents  how  it differs from the Standard\nVersion.\n\nd)  make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.\n\n4.  You may distribute the programs of this  Package  in  object  code  or  executable  form,\nprovided that you do at least ONE of the following:\n\na)  distribute  a  Standard  Version  of the executables and library files, together with\ninstructions (in the manual page or equivalent) on where to get the Standard Version.\n\nb)  accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of the Package with  your\nmodifications.\n\nc)  give   non-standard   executables   non-standard  names,  and  clearly  document  the\ndifferences in manual pages (or equivalent), together with instructions on  where  to\nget the Standard Version.\n\nd)  make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.\n\n5.  You  may  charge  a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this Package.  You may\ncharge any fee you choose for support of this Package.  You may not charge a fee for this\nPackage itself.  However, you  may  distribute  this  Package  in  aggregate  with  other\n(possibly  commercial)  programs  as  part  of  a  larger  (possibly commercial) software\ndistribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a product  of  your  own.\nYou may embed this Package's interpreter within an executable of yours (by linking); this\nshall  be  construed  as  a mere form of aggregation, provided that the complete Standard\nVersion of the interpreter is so embedded.\n\n6.  The scripts and library files supplied as  input  to  or  produced  as  output  from  the\nprograms  of  this Package do not automatically fall under the copyright of this Package,\nbut belong to whoever generated them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated\nwith this Package.  If such scripts or library files are aggregated with this Package via\nthe so-called \"undump\" or \"unexec\" methods of producing a binary executable  image,  then\ndistribution  of  such  an  image  shall  neither  be construed as a distribution of this\nPackage nor shall it fall under the restrictions of Paragraphs 3 and 4, provided that you\ndo not represent such an executable image as a Standard Version of this Package.\n\n7.  C subroutines (or comparably compiled subroutines in other languages) supplied by you and\nlinked into this Package in order to emulate subroutines and variables  of  the  language\ndefined  by  this  Package  shall  not  be  considered  part of this Package, but are the\nequivalent of input as in Paragraph 6, provided  these  subroutines  do  not  change  the\nlanguage in any way that would cause it to fail the regression tests for the language.\n\n8.  Aggregation  of  this Package with a commercial distribution is always permitted provided\nthat the use of this Package is embedded; that is, when no overt attempt is made to  make\nthis  Package's  interfaces visible to the end user of the commercial distribution.  Such\nuse shall not be construed as a distribution of this Package.\n\n9.  The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote  products  derived\nfrom this software without specific prior written permission.\n\n10. THIS  PACKAGE  IS  PROVIDED  \"AS  IS\"  AND  WITHOUT  ANY  EXPRESS  OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,\nINCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS  FOR\nA PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\n\nThe End\n\nperl v5.38.2                                 2026-08-18                              PERLARTISTIC(1)"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "summary": "perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}