[Lazarus] Introduce programming competitions

[Vannus]

On 2 June 2010 16:18, Adem <listmember at letterboxes.org> wrote:

> On 2010-06-02 16:50, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>
>> On 2 June 2010 15:37, Adem wrote:
>>
>>
>>> -- Will there be some sort of selection commitee?
>>>
>>>
>> I guess the community could do the voting themselves. Anybody willing
>> to quickly put together a Free Pascal based CGI voting app? ;-)  Or we
>> can piggyback on Lazarus's Forum website which I believe has got a
>> voting system built-in.
>>
>>
> OK. This is a better idea --community suggesting applications, that is.
>
> I hope I won't get flamed for suggesting this: But, if taken in moderation,
> capitalism (or merchantalism) isn't automatically bad.
>

lol, i was at a socialist meeting a few weeks back, and going to another
next week. i was surprised to find out i could solve many of their problems
with the capitalist approach! i suspect they think the only capitalism is
$billion businesses, and theyve forgotten the local shops, pubs, cleaners,
self-employed, etc.


>
> So, I think, we should allow for material rewards of symbolic symbolic
> nature (i.e., symbolic bountines) from suggesters --such as a book or some
> such thing.
>
>  -- Will there be a restriction of licenses those applications can be
>>> submitted under?
>>>
>>>
>> I don't know if GPL is sufficient (it will
>>
>> limit commercial use of that code), in which case maybe a BSD style
>> license should be used. Any suggestions are welcome.
>>
>>
> IANAL, but perhaps MPL could be a better solution. It does not restrict how
> the code is used yet keeps the originial developer in the loop (or mention
> list).


+1 MPL/BSD


>
>  The main point of these competitions should be to educate other
>> developers in new features or how to accomplish some task - giving
>> them a nice working example to play with.
>>
>>
> Indeed, concise sample/demo code is the best educational tool I have known
> of to date.
>

absolutely agree. i often start out with copy & paste simple demo/example
then use online reference to pad out with my specific needs.


>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Adem
>
>
- V
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