Re: [Module-build-general] META.yml extraction on CPAN

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On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 09:25:16AM +0100, Andreas J. Koenig wrote:
> For the contents of the license field we have already the "P" in the
> DSLIP entry in the PAUSE database. There we currently offer:
> 
>   ? unknown
>   a Artistic
>   b BSD
>   d distribution_allowed
>   g GPL
>   l LGPL
>   n no_licence
>   o open-source
>   p Standard-Perl
>   r restricted_distribution

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> Maybe it would be good to have the same options in META.yml.

If you mean including the above as valid options, sure.  If you mean
following it exactly (ie. license => 'p') then no.  The more readable
long-hand should be used rather than the compressed DSLIP letters.