Title: Preamble:<p>The Zed Shaw Celebutante License (ZSCL) is designed to meet the objective of some open source contributors, which is to gain fame and notoriety in the open source community as a result of widespread adoption of open source software they have written.<p>The ZSCL is a "viral" license like the GPL, but instead of requiring derivative code to share the same license, the ZSCL simply requires a weekly tweet or blog post that meets the ZSCL Terms and Conditions (described below).<p>Terms and Conditions:<p>0. Virality.  Anyone using ZSCL licensed code must write a blog post mentioning Zed.  The post need not present Zed in a favorable light, but it must mention that Zed is the author of the Mongrel web server and the Lamson email system.<p>1. Qualifying posts.  In order to meet the ZSCL community guidelines, a "Blog Post" must consist of at least 500 words and three hyperlinks.  "Microblogging" posts such as Tweets are allowed, but multiple tweets are required to reach the 500 word minimum.  Use of URL-shortening services is discouraged.<p>2. Attribution.  Uses of ZSCL licensed code must mention in their post how invaluable the code was and how they plan to attempt to hire Zed to perform some consulting on a vital aspect of their project.<p>3. Fights.  Users may also publicly threaten to start a fight with Zed, so long as Zed is granted full permission to disclose the threat on his own blog, as well as any relevant IRC snippets.<p>4. Reality Television.  Zed Shaw reserves the right to discuss your blog post and code in any future reality television series that he may star in.  This includes any sponsorship and in particular extends to action figure royalties.<p>How to Apply these terms to your new programs:<p>If you develop a program and want to license it under the ZSCL, you must create a blog post on your own personal blog that meets the above terms and conditions, and also makes some particularly brash and bold claims about the software.  It is recommended that you predict that your code will mostly be used by black hats, spammers, or Fortune 10 companies.
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