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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."

16 of 44 comments (clear)

  1. DOWN WITH MOVABLE TYPE! by IshanCaspian · · Score: 5, Funny

    DOWN WITH MT! DIRTY FASCISTS! DAMN YOU AND YOUR NO-LONGER-FREE LICENSING SCHEMES! IF I WANTED TO HAVE MY FREEDOM TAKEN AWAY I'D... ...wait a minute...

    20 grand worth of Apple goodies? ...Hmm...

    *becomes suddenly quiet and opens emacs*

    (Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!)

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  2. 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?

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

      Something like this?

  3. Contest rules? by BRTB · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Residents of Florida not eligible.

    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?

  4. darn. by pb · · Score: 3, Funny

    If there had been an Athlon 64 in there somewhere, I might have given it a shot... Stupid Dell.

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  5. 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 Dingeaux · · Score: 5, Funny
      Contests/Games of skill", with a prize, are NOT allowed in Florida.

      So should the Marlins hand back their World Series rings?

    2. 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.

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    3. Re:It's because.... by CodeMonkey4Hire · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well, that explains how they handle elections.

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  6. 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.

  7. 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
  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read by Anonymous Coward · · 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 (usually proprietary) when recieving it from them.

  11. Not a bad deal for the winner, either... by wirefarm · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Lots of people wrote plugins for the last version, released them to the community and basically got nothing for their ingenuity and their effort.
    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.

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  12. 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.