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Perl Kit, Version 5.0
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Copyright 1989-2000, Larry Wall
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All rights reserved.
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of either:
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a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
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Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any
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later version, or
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b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this Kit.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See either
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the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the Artistic License with this
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Kit, in the file named "Artistic". If not, I'll be glad to provide one.
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You should also have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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For those of you that choose to use the GNU General Public License,
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my interpretation of the GNU General Public License is that no Perl
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script falls under the terms of the GPL unless you explicitly put
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said script under the terms of the GPL yourself. Furthermore, any
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object code linked with perl does not automatically fall under the
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terms of the GPL, provided such object code only adds definitions
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of subroutines and variables, and does not otherwise impair the
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resulting interpreter from executing any standard Perl script. I
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consider linking in C subroutines in this manner to be the moral
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equivalent of defining subroutines in the Perl language itself. You
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may sell such an object file as proprietary provided that you provide
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or offer to provide the Perl source, as specified by the GNU General
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Public License. (This is merely an alternate way of specifying input
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to the program.) You may also sell a binary produced by the dumping of
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a running Perl script that belongs to you, provided that you provide or
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offer to provide the Perl source as specified by the GPL. (The
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fact that a Perl interpreter and your code are in the same binary file
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is, in this case, a form of mere aggregation.) This is my interpretation
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of the GPL. If you still have concerns or difficulties understanding
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my intent, feel free to contact me. Of course, the Artistic License
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spells all this out for your protection, so you may prefer to use that.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Perl is a language that combines some of the features of C, sed, awk
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and shell. See the manual page for more hype. There are also many Perl
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books available, covering a wide variety of topics, from various publishers.
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See pod/perlbook.pod for more information.
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Please read all the directions below before you proceed any further, and
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then follow them carefully.
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After you have unpacked your kit, you should have all the files listed
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in MANIFEST.
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Installation
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1) Detailed instructions are in the file "INSTALL", which you should
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read if you are either installing on a system resembling Unix
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or porting perl to another platform. For non-Unix platforms, see the
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corresponding README.
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2) Read the manual entries before running perl.
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3) IMPORTANT! Help save the world! Communicate any problems and suggested
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patches to perlbug@perl.com so we can keep the world in sync.
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If you have a problem, there's someone else out there who either has had
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or will have the same problem. It's usually helpful if you send the
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output of the "myconfig" script in the main perl directory.
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If you've succeeded in compiling perl, the perlbug script in the "utils"
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subdirectory can be used to help mail in a bug report.
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If possible, send in patches such that the patch program will apply them.
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Context diffs are the best, then normal diffs. Don't send ed scripts--
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I've probably changed my copy since the version you have.
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The latest versions of perl are always available on the various CPAN
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(Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites around the world.
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See <URL:http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/>.
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Just a personal note: I want you to know that I create nice things like this
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because it pleases the Author of my story. If this bothers you, then your
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notion of Authorship needs some revision. But you can use perl anyway. :-)
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The author.
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