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Question from <http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/20/2042256> > An overview of the major differences would be nice. Is that available > somewhere? The Artistic 2.0 notes <http://www.perlfoundation.org/legal/licenses/ artistic-2_0-notes.html> walk you through the new license, but they don't specifically highlight the changes. This will make a nice addition to the FAQ. Overall, the terms of the Artistic 2 are the same as the Artistic 1, though the language has been polished and reorganized to be more readable and more legally precise. The significant additions are sections 4(c)(ii) and 13. Section 4(c)(ii) is what we call the "relicensing" clause, because it allows you to take a package you received under the Artistic License and use it under the terms of a copyleft license such as GPL, MPL, or Apache. This is a significant advantage for downstream licensing compatibility. If you want to include an Artistic licensed package in, for example, an MPL package, you can relicense the Artistic package under the MPL to include it in your package. Section 13 minimizes the likelihood of patent litigation. We want to do what we can to promote our users' freedoms, even though some people might try to take freedoms away from them by using software patents in unscrupulous ways. Allison