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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."

3 of 44 comments (clear)

  1. how about a migration engine? by iamwill · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That ports your MT blog to a any other blogging system with a single click?

  2. Hmmm let's do the math... by hung_himself · · Score: 3, Insightful

    $1500-$8000 of tax deductable merchandise for 6 plugins that would have taken how many $$ to produce in house or contract out???

    Nice try though...

  3. Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read by MrWa · · Score: 4, Insightful
    So...you send them a plugin and they get to use it? Even if it isn't the winning entry? And you still own the license and copyright to anything you submit? And it is non-exclusive? And you sent it in by choice?

    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...