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Contents 1 Anyone made a batch? 2 Inappropriate warnings 3 A pedant writes 4 Software drinks? 5 Citation needed

[edit] Anyone made a batch?

Has anyone here actually made a batch of OpenCola? I've tried to find the ingredients but have gad no luck. If anyone knows where to find them, post it here or leave me a comment on my talk page--Roofus 17:27, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

There must be a wholesale market for these product. I use phosphoric acid as a fertilizer in my acuarium, and ordered it through a farmacy, 1kg cost about 10USD. You can imagine where I get the water from :-).Cgonzalezdelhoyo 09:53, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

I'd love to see an "open" Dr Pepper taste-alike recipe - NoSnooz 19:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inappropriate warnings

I don't think warnings like "DO NOT USE art-grade gum arabic" are appropriate. This is not an encyclopedia, not an instruction manual. I would go so far as to say that no sentence should be in the imperative mood. —Keenan Pepper 00:41, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. I've removed it.--Roofus 02:20, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Why not make a wiki book with proper instructions to OpenCola and link to it? JayKeaton 18:14, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I've done a batch... it's great... although I went a little heavy on the lime and the citric acid... tastes very much like cola candies (gummy bottles). I live in the middle of greenwhich village NYC so essential oils are available everywhere. I recommand the shop Aphrodisia on Bleecker St, they have every oil you can think of, phosphoric and citric acid and food grade arabic gum. Price is okay, I made it to break-even with coke bottles sold in stores.

[edit] A pedant writes

Can we even put GPL recipes on a GFDL wiki? Pseudomonas 18:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I doubt it'll be a problem. -Roofus 22:39, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Do you mean you think it's not a license violation or you think that no one cares enough to make an issue of it? As is, I can copy the recipe off the (GFDL) Wikipedia and release a derivative under a proprietary license, AIUI. Pseudomonas 02:13, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

What? You can't distribute a derivative of a GFDL document under a proprietary license. The relevant quote is "provided that you release the Modified Version under precisely this License". —Keenan Pepper 03:44, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't even think the license applies and I can't believe that you people are that hung up on it. If you read the GPL, you'll see that it mentions the word "software" 35 times and the words "source code" 11 times. It makes no mention of "food" "beverage" or "recipe." It's a joke. -Roofus 06:47, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

how can one distinguish between a recipe and say a piece of html code? the only difference is the performer of the instructions: human and computer. so, if recipe is not a "source code", then manually copied/'painted' html code shouldn't be either..:) --81.215.215.115 10:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I think the point is that the RECIPE is what is covered by the GPL. The COLA is a product produced by the RECIPE. Like the web pages served from a web server - the server software may be GPL'd but that doesn't mean that all the pages it serves are GPL - They can be a proprietary as you like. Slothie 14:47, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Software drinks?

uhh... pls explain.

[edit] Citation needed

The legal grounds for this are dubious however, as recipes are exempted from copyright as they are techniques, not artworks.

i think this line needs a citation —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.64.25.25 (talk • contribs) 22:23, 26 June 2007