Free Gift Wrapping Paper
August 5, 2007
Rob and Crosbie have been kicking off about the idea and use of Gift Economy in the comments section here – which has led to the idea of some lovely GPLv3 wrapping paper, which I’d love to hand over under a Creative Commons BY-SA licence – but then I realised it’s probably just easier to make some Creative Commons wrapping paper, which is tempting to licence under GPLv3, well, the source file. But you can get the logos yourself and a copy of Gimp and you’ll be done in 5minutes anyway.
If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, here’s a video of Richard Stallman explaining the GPLv3
And as I’m at it, here’s a classy sheet of GNU gift wrap.
Remember, free software is for life, not religious ceremonies, like Festivus .
Bloody hell, there really is a company that makes Festivus Poles. Viva free culture!
Seriously – watch this. And again if you’ve no idea what I’m on about watch this video.
Here’s the best of Festivus. Enjoy
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August 5, 2007 at 11:18 pm
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August 6, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Yeah, man! Festivus rules…I think it’s going mainstream. Apart from the Festivus poles you mentioned, there are many other Festivus items available at places like
http://www.cafepress.com/hoganstore/1782703
August 10, 2007 at 7:03 pm
[...] After Dave Bausola. [...]
August 10, 2007 at 7:11 pm
OK I have now riffed on this. See:
http://www.robmyers.org/weblog/2007/08/09/ironised-cc-licenses-birthday-and-christmas-wrapping-paper/
The finished versions will probably be in lovely colours.
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