Re: License of module "Perl" seems wrong

[Jim Meyering]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 6:05 AM Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> wrote:
> Hi Reuben,
>
> Reuben Thomas wrote:
> > The perl module has a GPL license, but its only file, m4/perl.m4, has an
> > "unlimited" license.
>
> The license of a module, in the module description, cannot be "wrong" since
> that's the authoritative location where the license is noted.
>
> I guess your problem is that you passed gnulib-tool some --lgpl=... option
> and got an "incompatible license" warning. If so, then the patch below would
> fix the problem.
>
> Jim, do you agree to this patch?
>
>
> diff --git a/modules/perl b/modules/perl
> index 017ba57a37..6a27919845 100644
> --- a/modules/perl
> +++ b/modules/perl
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Makefile.am:
>  Include:
>
>  License:
> -GPL
> +GPLed build tool

Yes. Thank you.