Applied changes suggested by @mohawk2

Author: Ahmad Shahba

Makefile.PL

@@ -115,20 +115,6 @@ $LIBS .= " -lz" if($zLib);
 $LIBS .= " -ljpeg" if($jpegLib);
 $LIBS .= " -lm";
 
-# Extract package version from HDF5.pm
-my $packageVersion;
-{
-	open my $fh, '<', 'HDF5.pm' or die 'Could not open HDF5.pm for reading';
-	while (<$fh>) {
-		if(/\$PDL::IO::HDF5::VERSION\h*=\h*('|")([\d.]+)\g1/) {
-			$packageVersion = $2;
-			last;
-		}
-	}
-	close $fh
-}
-die "Could not extract package version from HDF5.pm" unless defined $packageVersion;
-
 
 my $package = ["hdf5.pd",'HDF5','PDL::IO::HDF5'];
 my $meta_merge = {
@@ -140,7 +126,6 @@ my $meta_merge = {
      'Andrew Benson <abenson AT obs.carnegiescience.edu>',
    ],
    'license'  => [ 'perl_5' ],
-   'version' => $packageVersion,
    'meta_spec' => {
       'version' => '2',
       'url'     => 'http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?CPAN::Meta::Spec',
@@ -170,7 +155,7 @@ my $meta_merge = {
       },
    },
    resources => {
-      license     => [ "http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/CHM/PDL-IO-HDF5-$packageVersion/COPYRIGHT" ],
+      license     => [ 'the same terms as Perl' ],
       homepage    => 'http://pdl.perl.org/',
       bugtracker  => {
          web    => 'https://github.com/PDLPorters/pdl-io-hdf5/issues',
@@ -198,7 +183,7 @@ WriteMakefile(
    # 'TEST_REQUIRES'      => { PDL => '2.004' },
   'PREREQ_PM'          => { PDL => '2.004' },
   'LICENSE'      => 'perl',
-  'VERSION_FROM' => 'hdf5.pd',
+  'VERSION_FROM' => 'HDF5.pm',
   'META_MERGE'   => $meta_merge,
   'TYPEMAPS'     => [&PDL_TYPEMAP()],
   'OBJECT'       => 'HDF5.o ',