[Bug 1118960] Review Request: perl-Clone-PP - Recursively copy Perl data-types

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118960



--- Comment #2 from Petr Pisar <ppisar@xxxxxxxxxx> ---
URL and Source0 are usable. Ok.
Source tar ball is original (SHA-256:
a81b0fb1d659ed57f6981d790b944dbf294599fea14bcbf799d4c72ccae78d5c). Ok.
Summary verified from lib/Clone/PP.pm. Ok.
Description verified from lib/Clone/PP.pm. Ok.

License verified from t/tied.pl, t/dump.pl, t/dclone.t, README,
lib/Clone/PP.pm.

FATAL: Copyright declarations in t/* files state:

#  Copyright (c) 1995-1998, Raphael Manfredi
#  
#  You may redistribute only under the terms of the Artistic License,
#  as specified in the README file that comes with the distribution.

The README states:

CREDITS AND COPYRIGHT
    Developed by Matthew Simon Cavalletto at Evolution Softworks. More free
    Perl software is available at "www.evoscript.org".

    Copyright 2003 Matthew Simon Cavalletto. You may contact the author
    directly at "evo@xxxxxxxx" or "simonm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx".

    Code initially derived from Ref.pm. Portions Copyright 1994 David Muir
    Sharnoff.

    Interface based by Clone by Ray Finch with contributions from
    chocolateboy. Portions Copyright 2001 Ray Finch. Portions Copyright 2001
    chocolateboy.

    You may use, modify, and distribute this software under the same terms
    as Perl.

That means the tests are covered by the Artistic License only. And the Artistic
License as quoted in /usr/share/doc/perl/Artistic is The "Artistic License"
which is not allowed by Fedora
<https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main?rd=Licensing#Software_License_List>.

Please clarify this issue with upstream and Fedora legal department. Or remove
the tests from the source tarbal and document it in the spec file.

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