Oh yes! I'll start the Rumpelstiltskin license... you can use it however you'd like but your firstborn is mine! :) -- JD Austin Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC jd@twingeckos.com 480.288.8195x201 http://www.twingeckos.com George Burns - "Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city." On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Stephen wrote: > 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 >