Request for review: perl-Number-Compare

[Paul Howarth]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 11:31 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>>Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>>>I don't see a license issue. 
>>>Want.pm contains:
>>>
>>>Copyright (c) 2001-2003, Robin Houston. All Rights Reserved.
>>>This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
>>>and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.
>>>
>>>This is the standard perl license as being used by the perl package in FC:
>>># rpm -q --qf '%{LICENSE}\n' perl
>>>Artistic or GPL
>>
>>The issue isn't the licenses themselves, it's that the text of the 
>>license isn't included in the package (and many other perl module packages).
> 
> Well, ...
> 
> I know, the GPL wants a package to be accompanied with a copy, but ...
> the author is pretty clear about his intention, so I don't see this as a
> problem. 

Neither do I; I was just seeking other opinions, because it conflicts 
with a MUST in the package review checklist and lots of existing 
packages have this issue.

Paul.