Re: CPAN is getting too big

[Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 01:13:18PM +0100, Johan Vromans wrote:
> This message is intended for CPAN people.
> 
> As you may have noticed, the amount of information on CPAN now exceeds
> the 650Mb that fits on a CD-ROM. Since people (like publishers)
> occasionally make CPAN snapshots on CD, we need a way to either split
> or ignore some of the contents.
> 
> Before re-inventing wheels, what do you think?

Making a CD from CPAN is technically illegal since it breaks the
copyright of some of the modules unless permission has been sought
from the authors.

People often forget that. Publishers should know better.

Tim.

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