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[QUOTE="Austin Ziegler, post: 4479479"]
When working on PDF::Writer, I deliberately chose the MIT-style licence
because I wanted it to be used as widely as possible. It can be used in
GNU GPLed projects without problems (modulo issues with Adobe's patents,
but that's a generic issue, not a GNU GPL issue) or under commercial
projects without problems.

If one makes the report generator GPLed, then you have severely
restricted it. If one makes the report generator MPLed (for example),
then the commercial and other OSS opportunities are greater, but the GPL
is incompatible with the MPL (this is mostly the GPL's fault).

Ultimately, the licence is up to you, but life is easier if you choose a
single minimally restrictive licence rather than dual-licence. (Don't
get me *started* on the licensing for Text::Hyphen because of jackasses
who licenced their hyphenation files under the GNU GPL.)

-austin
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Austin Ziegler * [email]halostatue@gmail.com[/email]
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