I'd really not spend any time thinking about this, were I you. The idea here is to get a group of really good ideas for the new phone platform, and get a pile of smart people working on the new phone platform (and generate a lot of press and good will, yada yada). I'd be shocked if they were going to pick your app for a top 50, but pulled it because you didn't have a copyright notice on your non-public, first round sumission. As mentioned by somebody else, none of the tech judges are going to have any clue about the copyrights or whatever on the individual apis. Google is looking for cool ideas.
Besides, its already submitted. There's not much you could do now anyway ;) I'm far more concerned about my bugs and partially completed features than whatever copyrights and/or patents I may be clip clopping all over. On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 7:05 AM, Hielko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > He also stated that applications that are a candidate for an award > will get a closer look, but I assume that small stuff like not putting > a copyright notice in your app when you use the maps api won't be a > problem. > > On Apr 27, 10:32 am, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Any disqualification will be done before the applications get to the judges. > > Dan Morrill has clarified only obvious violations have been disqualified in > > the testing round. So if your application have reached the judges, I'll not > > be worried about disqualification. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 9:21 AM, afonseca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Very interesting points, I guess we'll find out soon enough how strict > > > the judging will be regarding any unresolved licensing issues and > > > assumptions made by developers. For GCab the intention would be to > > > formalize a licensing agreement with Google to allow for provision (c) > > > regarding dispatching. I don't expect they'd require us to have all > > > this worked out ahead of time considering the platform is still in > > > development and many developers like myself are individuals without > > > corporate legal resources. > > > > > I think if the judges feel that a particular application has merit > > > showcasing the Android platform and potentially commercially viable > > > they would not only fund the further development (prize money) but > > > also encourage collaboration with regards to these types of licensing > > > issues. > > > > > Ultimately, I think the point of the competition from Google's > > > perspective is to find the next "killer" applications that will > > > showcase the Android platform and not about using legal technicalities > > > to disqualify applications. Come to think of it, given the diverse > > > backgrounds of the judges I'm not sure if they'd even be familiar with > > > these sorts of issues unless they read the licensing agreements for > > > all the API's and technologies that Android encompasses. > > > > > So I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for GCab. :) > > > > -- > > take care, > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > http://mobeegal.in > > find stuff closer.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
