$20,000 in Perl Contest 44
[rvr] writes "Are you a Perl hacker? Do you want a Apple G5 with a 23" screen, a 17" PowerBook, a Thinkpad or iPods? Six Apart, the company behind of Movable Type and TypePad, is running a contest of plug-ins for Movable Type 3.0. The total amount of prizes is $22,000. The deadline is June 18, 2004."
DOWN WITH MOVABLE TYPE! (Score:5, Funny)
20 grand worth of Apple goodies?
*becomes suddenly quiet and opens emacs*
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Mod abuse! It was a joke you cretins! (Score:2)
how about a migration engine? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:how about a migration engine? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:how about a migration engine? (Score:2)
Mark Pilgrim has a great article [diveintomark.org] on his migration.
Contest rules? (Score:4, Interesting)
1. Damn. I needed a couple 20" flatpanels, too.
2. Why is it Florida's always excluded from contests like this? Extra contest-registration rules or something?
It's because.... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:It's because.... (Score:5, Funny)
So should the Marlins hand back their World Series rings?
Re:It's because.... (Score:2)
Re:It's because.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's because.... (Score:5, Informative)
Florida has a large elderly population which is very susceptable to scams. If you think that large scale, organized ripping off of grandparents who are slowly going senile isn't common, read the Palm Beach Post for a couple months. Some pretty nasty things go on.
Basically, the state of Florida requires all prizes to have a state bond posted that equals the value of the prize. That eliminates the majority of the "win a million dollars" scams. They are also pretty agressive about pursuing those who don't post a bond.
I've also noticed that Tennessee and New York seem to be other two states that are commonly excluded from prizes. New York, I believe, has a similar anti-scam law that requires some hoops to jump through. I have no idea about Tennessee.
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Evan
Re:It's because.... (Score:2)
Re:It's because.... (Score:1, Funny)
darn. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:darn. (Score:1)
no purchase nessecary (Score:2)
how can you test your plugin without a copy of the software?
You download the free version... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:You download the free version... (Score:2)
i didnt see anything on their site, else i wouldnt have posted that!!!
Re:You download the free version... (Score:1, Informative)
READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:5, Informative)
NOTE: That is NOT all winning plugins hence you get something, this is ALL PLUGINS SUBMITTED, I have no problem with open source, but that is outright theft.
Always read the fine print. This sort of bullshit happens a lot with contests.
Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:5, Insightful)
What's the problem? Since you read /. I assume your plugin would have been GPL'd in any case so I don't fully understand what the issue is...
Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:1, Insightful)
You don't give them the rights to it. You give them a non-exclusive, perpetual, no-cost license. Basically you're letting them redestribute (licensing) the plugin with their software with no obligation of financial compensation (no-cost). You keep the rights to it, and are allowed to distribute it yourself or license it to another party as well (the non-exclusive bit).
Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:2, Insightful)
GPL'ing the software is the AUTHORS choice not MT's also please realize they may or may NOT GPL it.
Yes. What this means is that you yourself can GPL it and distribute it as you see fit, but SixApart don't have to abide by the terms of the GPL as you have already licensed it to them under different, less restrictive terms. Unless SixApart decide to redistribute it under the BSD license or something, everybody else will have to abide by the GPL when recieving it from you, and by SixApart's license (usua
Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:1)
Hmmm let's do the math... (Score:3, Insightful)
Nice try though...
Re:Hmmm let's do the math... (Score:2)
USD20K for 10 decent plugins is a bargain.
USD20K for 100 decent+half decent plugins is a steal.
Sheesh.
Not a bad deal for the winner, either... (Score:5, Interesting)
Now, at least they can be rewarded in some way.
How is this a bad deal?
I wrote an add-on for the last version that some people use - I never asked for, expected or got any kind of compensation. I'd have been stoked if someone gave me an iPod.
My company, too (Score:1, Funny)
I need that stuff.... (Score:2)
Re:I need that stuff.... (Score:5, Informative)
You can't just give a false email address because they send a confirmation email to the address with a link in it that you need to click in order to complete your registration. I would suggest using a throw-away @yahoo.com address.
Re:I need that stuff.... (Score:2)
My entry (Score:2)