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Open Source Beer Served Cold, With a Heated Licensing Discussion

Posted by samzenpus on from the drink-up dept.

sethopia writes "Sam Muirhead enjoys a couple of open source beers and delves into their licenses (Creative Commons BY-NC-SA) and the recent CC Non Commercial license controversy. As Sam writes, 'Depending on your point of view, the Non Commercial license is either the methadone that can wean copyright junkies off their all-rights-reserved habit, or it is a gateway drug to the psychedelic and dangerously addictive world of open source and free culture.'"

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  1. Pretentiousness^100! by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So basically he is doing what people have been doing for eons(sharing how to brew beer), but he has added the secret ingredient, pretentiousness and psuedo-intellectual drivel! Just what I always wanted with my suds.

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    Monstar L
  2. Re:Copyrightable? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The skill of a good chef is not in the recipe, but in the execution.

    Anyone can follow a recipe; that doesn't make you a chef.