Perl Dev Kit Licensing and Redistribution
This document provides an overview of the kinds of usage permitted with the Perl Dev Kit (PDK) tools. See the PDK License Agreement for other licensing information.
Licensing
Purchasing the PDK entitles the licensee to use all PDK tools.
These licenses are permanent, and include minor version updates (e.g. 5.2 to 5.3), but not major version upgrades (e.g. 6.0 to 7.0).
ActiveState's Perl Dev Kit is also available to subscribers of
ActivePerl Pro Studio 
.
ActivePerl Pro Studio is a subscription-based service which includes
licenses for the latest versions of
PDK and
Komodo IDE .
PDK can be installed on multiple computers and on any supported platform, so long as the tools are only being used by the licensee.
If you are using the Perl Dev Kit with an evaluation license, the executables built with PerlApp, PerlCtrl, PerlNET, PerlSvc or PerlTray will cease to function when your Perl Dev Kit evaluation license expires.
Licensing and Redistribution of ActiveState Binaries
The Perl Dev Kit's builder tools let you provide Perl-based solutions to your users without requiring them to install Perl. You may freely distribute .dll files that are output by PerlCtrl, .msi files that are output by PerlMSI, and .exe files that are output by PerlApp and PerlSvc.
You are allowed to redistribute .NET assemblies generated by PerlNET as long as you are not exposing Perl as a scripting language to your users. Please contact sales@ActiveState.com if you require this functionality.
Module and Library Licensing
The Perl Dev Kit gives you the ability to bundle your own code into stand-alone controls and executables. However, it is rare to find a useful Perl program that does not rely on modules and libraries from either the standard distribution or CPAN. If you build a stand-alone application or control that you choose to redistribute, you are responsible for complying with the licensing of any third party module or library you embed in the application or control.
While most Perl and CPAN modules permit redistribution under certain terms
(either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License), you must
understand these terms, as well as the terms of any third party modules or
libraries you embed. If you are not sure if a module or library may be
redistributed, please download the source to that module or library from
(CPAN ) and examine the package for a README
document that clarifies the matter. If it is still not clear, contact
the author or maintainer of the module or library.
Copyrights and Trademarks
ActiveState, ActiveState Perl Dev Kit, ActivePerl, PerlScript, PerlEx, and Komodo, are all trademarks of ActiveState Software Inc.
Open Source is a trademark of Software in the Public Interest
www.opensource.org .
All other products mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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Rights Reserved.