It's not clear for me the paragraph #10 in "ANDROID DEVELOPER CHALLENGE TERMS & CONDITIONS". I'm confused and I need understand what the real meaning on this topic. Google has a serious reputation, but this paragraph shows something different for Android alliance. The Android challenge FAQ shows a different point of view of this useless participant property rights.
If Android challenge will distribute the software platform and applications for free to "advertise, display, demonstrate, or otherwise promote the Android platform" what is the real value of "ownership and intellectual and industrial property rights"?. Android alliance could distribute the application for free and get revenue from other sources. Please note the AND after the "...solely for..... purposes of the challenge" Even worst scenery, if the participant is not selected (position #51 in the challenge), Google could use the participant's application to promote the android for free and the participant will not have any chance to compete and get any value in the future from its work. I'm a software developer, not an attorney, but the text "perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free ....." are hard terms for me. The US patent and trademark office can't grant a patent or trademark on these terms. I read the FAQ when I start working on this challenge and I'm confused with these new terms. Thank you Javier Quintana Extract from FAQ: Will I continue to own my application after I submit it to the Android Developer Challenge? Developers retain all intellectual property and other rights to their applications while granting Google a license to evaluate and test the application for purposes of the Challenge as well as a license to display the application to promote the Android platform. More information will be provided when we make the Terms and Conditions available. Extract from TERMS & CONDITIONS (you need agree this terms before submit your application). 10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: As between Google and the Participant, the Participant retains ownership of all intellectual and industrial property rights in and to the Entry that Participant had before submission, including the right to distribute the application commercially at any time. As a condition of entry, Participant grants Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non- exclusive license to use, reproduce, publicly perform, publicly display and create a derivative work from, any Entry that Participant submits to this Challenge solely for the purposes of allowing Google to test and evaluate the Entry for purposes of the Challenge AND to advertise, display, demonstrate, or otherwise promote the Android platform. Participant also grants Google the right to distribute the Entry to Judges to test and evaluate the Entry for purposes of the Challenge. Participant specifically agrees that Google shall have the right to use, reproduce, publicly perform, and publicly display the Entry in connection with the advertising and promotion of the Android platform via communication to the public or other groups, including, but not limited to the right to make screenshots, animations and video clips available for promotional purposes. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
