DBI::Dumper is under the same terms as perl itself, namely the GPL or Artistic licenses. For more information, please see: http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27269 From the bug: Subject: RE: [rt.cpan.org #27269] DBI::Dumper license? Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 10:58:37 -0500 To: <bug-DBI-Dumper[...]rt.cpan.org> From: "Smith Warren - wasmit" <Warren.Smith[...]acxiom.com> The license for DBI::Dumper is the same as perl. I will update the POD with the next release to include this information.