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But can I apply before my project is published under a FOSS license?

• tinus_hn 8y ago
  > Do not apply before your project is published under a FOSS license! Well, you could of course try to apply before your project is published under a FOSS license! Who knows!
  • schoen 8y ago
    That's what people do with https://www.eff.org/awards/coop/rules https://www.eff.org/awards/coop/rules (we continue to get claims regularly that ignore every single required element, warning, and instruction).
    • dspillett 8y ago
      > that ignore every single required element, warning, and instruction I suspect it isn't that they've read and ignored the instructions. More likely it is complete ignorance: that they have not even bothered to read that document properly, if at all. It is easier to throw out an attempt and hope for the best, than to make an actual effort to be compliant. After first refusal people will either give in ("it was worth a try, but I really don't care that much"), make more of an effort second time around ("the lazy way didn't work, so maybe I'll make some effort") or bitch & moan about how unfair the system is like a child who isn't allowed more cookies until he tidies his room. Very few people care to take the time to read the rules on public facilities. They even openly admit it: hence all the forum posts that start "please delete if not allowed" which basically means "I don't care if this is allowed or not, I want to post it so I'm going to whatever your rules say so fuck you".
• dspillett 8y ago
  No, as is clearly stated. (I know you are joking, but I'm giving a serious answer in case people come along and read the comments here before/without following the link)
• trumped 8y ago
  they said it five times, so a quintuple-negative makes it still a negative if you multiply them up...