To create a binary executable in Perl you use the utility "pp" <br><a href="http://search.cpan.org/~rschupp/PAR-Packer-1.009/lib/pp.pm">http://search.cpan.org/~rschupp/PAR-Packer-1.009/lib/pp.pm</a><br><br>According to the license notice :<br>
<br>"Neither this program nor the associated <a href="http://search.cpan.org/%7Erschupp/PAR-Packer-1.009/script/parl.pod" class="podlinkpod">parl</a>
program impose any licensing restrictions on files generated by their
execution, in accordance with the 8th article of the Artistic License:
<pre class="sh_perl"> "Aggregation of this Package with a commercial distribution is
always permitted provided that the use of this Package is embedded;
that is, when no overt attempt is made to make this Package's
interfaces visible to the end user of the commercial distribution.
Such use shall not be construed as a distribution of this Package."</pre>
<p>Therefore, you are absolutely free to place any license on the
resulting executable, as long as the packed 3rd-party libraries are also
available under the Artistic License."</p><p>may I create an executable with "pp" which comprises of modules of various licenses, such as BSD,Artistic,GPL and license this executable under GPL?</p><p>Also what does "commercial distribution" mean? If I make a GPL application and charge for distribution fees, is that rendered as a commercial application?<br>
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