I want to relese code under a licences that makes people have to do the chicken dance... On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > Insane! > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:53 AM, Andrew "Tuna" Harris > wrote: >> >> Helloes. >> >> I am working on an open source license of my very own. Basically, I >> think IP is just ridiculous (inb4 flameware. No. NO. NO!), so I'm >> creating a license that is less restrictive than the GPL (you don't HAVE >> to redistribute full source code), but provides me with more lulz than >> the BSD license. I like the BSD license, in an egocentric world it's >> one of the few things that makes sense. Unfortunately, it doesn't spit >> back at people like I sometimes wish it did. >> >> So, I added a clause to the BSD license, and the result is the Chicken >> Dance License! Info and the license text are available here: >> http://bit.ly/DOnV9 >> >> For those of you who are afraid of compressed URLs or behind a corporate >> firewall, my license pretty much has the following conditions for >> proprietary stuff: >> >> - For every thousand units sold, half or more of the employees must >>        listen to the Chicken Dance >> - For every million, two employees have to perform the chicken dance, >>        and a video of it (encoded in OGG Theora format) must be >>        submitted to the author of the CDL-license software >> - Nobody with the company that produces the proprietary software may say >>        the word "plinth" out in public. >> >> For non-proprietary stuff, it's just the BSD license. >> >> Does it match up with the Open Source Definition? As far as I can tell, >> it seems to. I'm not asking for money or power, just a little dance. >> >> Thoughts? I'm all ears. Just no flamewars plz kthx. >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > www.obnosis.com (503)754-4452 > "Contradictions do not exist." A. Rand > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss