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$20,000 in Perl Contest

Posted by Hemos on from the more-money dept.

[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."

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  1. It's because.... by vor · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Contests/Games of skill", with a prize, are NOT allowed in Florida.

    1. Re:It's because.... by JabberWokky · · Score: 5, Informative
      Nope. Not that at all.

      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.

      --
      Evan

      --
      "$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien
  2. READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Six Apart will retain non-exclusive, perpetual, no-cost license to all submitted plugins."

    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.

  3. You download the free version... by thenextpresident · · Score: 4, Informative

    that basically has all the features of the full version.

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    Jason Lotito
    1. Re:You download the free version... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      Click "Get Movable Type". There's a big box with a green heading saying MOVABLE TYPE FREE on the right-hand side.

  4. Re:how about a migration engine? by citog · · Score: 2, Informative

    Something like this?

  5. Re:I need that stuff.... by mebon · · Score: 5, Informative
    Go to the download page: http://secure.sixapart.com. On the right hand side is a green box that says MOVABLE TYPE FREE. You can download a free version there, but they require that you register and provide a valid email address.

    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.