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Posted by Hemos on Sunday May 23, 2004 @11:03PM 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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DOWN WITH MOVABLE TYPE! (Score:5, Funny)

by IshanCaspian ( 625325 ) writes: on Sunday May 23, 2004 @11:16PM (#9234583) Homepage

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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- Mod abuse! It was a joke you cretins! (Score:2)
  
  by IshanCaspian ( 625325 ) writes:
  
  Jeez, it was sarcasm...can't you guys take a joke?
how about a migration engine? (Score:5, Insightful)

by iamwill ( 701094 ) writes: on Sunday May 23, 2004 @11:23PM (#9234624) Homepage

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

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- Re:how about a migration engine? (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by citog ( 206365 ) writes:
  
  Something like this? [carthik.net]
- Re:how about a migration engine? (Score:2)
  
  by arvindn ( 542080 ) writes:
  
  Wordpress [wordpress.org] is all you need.
  Mark Pilgrim has a great article [diveintomark.org] on his migration.
Contest rules? (Score:4, Interesting)

by BRTB ( 30272 ) writes: <slashdotNO@SPAMbrtb.org> on Sunday May 23, 2004 @11:29PM (#9234647) Homepage

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?

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- It's because.... (Score:5, Informative)
  
  by vor ( 142690 ) writes: on Sunday May 23, 2004 @11:47PM (#9234718)
  
  "Contests/Games of skill", with a prize, are NOT allowed in Florida.
  
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    by Dingeaux ( 768490 ) writes: on Monday May 24, 2004 @12:03AM (#9234776) Homepage
    
    Contests/Games of skill", with a prize, are NOT allowed in Florida.
    So should the Marlins hand back their World Series rings?
    
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  - Re:It's because.... (Score:2)
    
    by MrWa ( 144753 ) writes:
    
    Ironic that Florida has a lottery [flalottery.com], which requires no skill!
    - Re:It's because.... (Score:3, Funny)
      
      by CodeMonkey4Hire ( 773870 ) writes:
      
      Well, that explains how they handle elections.
  - Re:It's because.... (Score:5, Informative)
    
    by JabberWokky ( 19442 ) writes: <slashdot.com@timewarp.org> on Monday May 24, 2004 @01:26AM (#9235111) Homepage Journal
    
    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
    
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    - Re:It's because.... (Score:2)
      
      by Frizzle Fry ( 149026 ) writes:
      
      And the law has done its job by protecting all the retirees who undoubtedly would have gotten sucked into this perl contest.
  - Re:It's because.... (Score:1, Funny)
    
    by Anonymous Coward writes:
    
    Hmm. Too bad this didn't come up in the Supreme Court around November 2000. :)
darn. (Score:4, Funny)

by pb ( 1020 ) writes: on Sunday May 23, 2004 @11:38PM (#9234683)

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

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- Re:darn. (Score:1)
  
  by slittle ( 4150 ) writes:
  
  Win any of the Apple stuff, sell it, and buy TWO Athlon 64s.
no purchase nessecary (Score:2)

by drfrog ( 145882 ) writes:

right!!

how can you test your plugin without a copy of the software?
- You download the free version... (Score:5, Informative)
  
  by thenextpresident ( 559469 ) writes: on Sunday May 23, 2004 @11:57PM (#9234752) Homepage Journal
  
  that basically has all the features of the full version.
  
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  - Re:You download the free version... (Score:2)
    
    by drfrog ( 145882 ) writes:
    
    where?
    i didnt see anything on their site, else i wouldnt have posted that!!!
    - Re:You download the free version... (Score:1, Informative)
      
      by Anonymous Coward writes:
      
      Click "Get Movable Type". There's a big box with a green heading saying MOVABLE TYPE FREE on the right-hand side.
READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:5, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday May 23, 2004 @11:56PM (#9234749)

"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.

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- Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:5, Insightful)
  
  by MrWa ( 144753 ) writes: on Monday May 24, 2004 @01:20AM (#9235085) Homepage
  
  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...
  
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  - - Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:1, Insightful)
      
      by Anonymous Coward writes:
      
      "# Six Apart will retain non-exclusive, perpetual, no-cost license to all submitted plugins."
      You don't give them the rights to it. You give them a non-exclusive, perpetual, no-cost license. Basically you're letting them redestribute (licensing) the plugin with their software with no obligation of financial compensation (no-cost). You keep the rights to it, and are allowed to distribute it yourself or license it to another party as well (the non-exclusive bit).
    - Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:2, Insightful)
      
      by Anonymous Coward writes:
      
      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 (usua
      - Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:1)
        
        by topynate ( 694371 ) writes:
        
        The GPL is a 'non-exclusive, perpetual, no-cost license'. So licensing your plugin to them under the GPL should be ok.
Hmmm let's do the math... (Score:3, Insightful)

by hung_himself ( 774451 ) writes: on Monday May 24, 2004 @12:03AM (#9234773)

$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...

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- Re:Hmmm let's do the math... (Score:2)
  
  by TheLink ( 130905 ) writes:
  
  6 plugins? Suckers may submit more than 6 decent plug ins.
  
  USD20K for 10 decent plugins is a bargain.
  
  USD20K for 100 decent+half decent plugins is a steal.
  
  Sheesh.
  - Not a bad deal for the winner, either... (Score:5, Interesting)
    
    by wirefarm ( 18470 ) writes: <jim&mmdc,net> on Monday May 24, 2004 @11:43AM (#9238301) Homepage
    
    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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My company, too (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

We just announced a contest where we have to design the new software, test it and get it to customers by the end of June. First prize: we get to keep our jobs!
I need that stuff.... (Score:2)

by Randolpho ( 628485 ) writes:

... but how am I supposed to write a plugin for Movable Type when I don't own a copy and thus cannot test it?
- Re:I need that stuff.... (Score:5, Informative)
  
  by mebon ( 634191 ) writes: on Monday May 24, 2004 @02:00PM (#9239725)
  
  Go to the download page: http://secure.sixapart.com [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.
  
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  - Re:I need that stuff.... (Score:2)
    
    by Randolpho ( 628485 ) writes:
    
    Cool, thanks for the info. Here's a virtual +1 Informative for ya. :)
My entry (Score:2)

by shoppa ( 464619 ) writes:

perl -e 'fork while 1'

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DOWN WITH MOVABLE TYPE! (Score:5, Funny)

Mod abuse! It was a joke you cretins! (Score:2)

how about a migration engine? (Score:5, Insightful)

Re:how about a migration engine? (Score:3, Informative)

Re:how about a migration engine? (Score:2)

Contest rules? (Score:4, Interesting)

It's because.... (Score:5, Informative)

Re:It's because.... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:It's because.... (Score:2)

Re:It's because.... (Score:3, Funny)

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darn. (Score:4, Funny)

Re:darn. (Score:1)

no purchase nessecary (Score:2)

You download the free version... (Score:5, Informative)

Re:You download the free version... (Score:2)

Re:You download the free version... (Score:1, Informative)

READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:5, Informative)

Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:5, Insightful)

Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:1, Insightful)

Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:2, Insightful)

Re:READ THE FINE PRINT OF THIS CONEST -Please Read (Score:1)

Hmmm let's do the math... (Score:3, Insightful)

Re:Hmmm let's do the math... (Score:2)

Not a bad deal for the winner, either... (Score:5, Interesting)

My company, too (Score:1, Funny)

I need that stuff.... (Score:2)

Re:I need that stuff.... (Score:5, Informative)

Re:I need that stuff.... (Score:2)

My entry (Score:2)

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