Free (As In Speech) Beer, V2.0

AgentPaper writes "Three years ago we discussed an open source brewing project in which a Danish brewer made his beer recipes available for public consumption and alteration. The concept has taken off, first with the 'Free Beer Project' in Denmark and now with Flying Dog's 'Collaborator' Doppelbock in the US, which was created via input from home brewers across the world. One version of the Collaborator is commercially brewed and available for purchase (and is darned tasty), but you can download the same recipe and labels, brew it yourself, and submit your mods back to the project."

Comments

Missed half the point!

[BadAnalogyGuy]

It's fine and dandy to have Free (as in Speech) Beer, but I would certainly be better off with Free (as in Beer) Beer.

Free beer is only free if your time is worth nothing.

I am glad I don't have to...

[patio11]

... listen to the bug reports for this one.

"*slurrred* We've been waiting on RC2 for years now and you still haven't fixed B..b..bug #272 Sporadic Bubble Popping. Lazy bastards, I'd fork if I could tell the difference between a fork and a spoon right now."

Re:I am glad I don't have to...

[eastlight_jim]

You wouldn't need to tell the difference if you used sporks more often. Although dangerous cross breeds and alcohol probably shouldn't mix...

microsoft

[mapleneckblues]

waiting for someone to bring microsoft into this discussion... its not a matter of if, but how and when
"1 pint ought to be enough for everyone"

Re:microsoft

[popmaker]

I think it's when they start offering "Microsoft beer (TM)", that tastes suspiciously like Open Beer, although not quite the same. And it has a small dog on the label, and every fourth can explodes when you open it.

Not to mention that the newest beer only comes in ten-liter cans and you need to buy a larger fridge to store them.

Re:microsoft

[ciaohound]

and there's a confusing license scheme for the various degrees of crippledness:
MS Beer Home Edition -- available only as a six-pack.
MS Small Beer Server
MS Beer Enterprise Edition
MS BeerCE -- tastes like water but at least it's potable, er, portable.

And don't forget MS Trace, for counting the number of hops.

Re:Free (as in Beer) Beer

[Anonymous Coward]

Only if you promise to change yours to !Whiney Mac Fanboy.

Re:Not free for everyone

[PopeRatzo]

I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure running around shooting at people is also illegal.

Unless you're Bush's vice-president.

Re:Missed half the point! Beer prices from FL

[b1gp0pp4]

Hola, $15 for a 24-pack is "good to above average" concerning Bud, Coors, Miller. Of course, you can always get a suitcase of Natty for ~10.99 if you've spent all your cash on tuition/hookers.