{ "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "# perlartistic (man)\n\n## NAME\n\nperlartistic - the Perl Artistic License\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\nYou can refer to this document in Pod via \"L\"\nOr you can see this document by entering \"perldoc perlartistic\"\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nPerl is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either:\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION** (4 subsections)\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n" } ], "structuredContent": { "command": "perlartistic", "section": "", "mode": "man", "summary": "perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License", "synopsis": "You can refer to this document in Pod via \"L\"\nOr you can see this document by entering \"perldoc perlartistic\"", "tldr_summary": null, "tldr_examples": [], "tldr_source": null, "flags": [], "examples": [], "see_also": [], "section_outline": [ { "name": "NAME", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "SYNOPSIS", "lines": 3, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "DESCRIPTION", "lines": 13, "subsections": [ { "name": "The \"Artistic License\"", "lines": 1 }, { "name": "Preamble", "lines": 6 }, { "name": "Definitions", "lines": 24 }, { "name": "Conditions", "lines": 83 } ] } ], "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License\n", "subsections": [] }, "SYNOPSIS": { "content": "You can refer to this document in Pod via \"L\"\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", "subsections": [ { "name": "The \"Artistic License\"", "content": "" }, { "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. 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