Jon, intent cannot take precedence over letter to court nor be called as proof in court of law. The contract says so, in black and white - the contract is binding. I rest my case.
YA On Mar 25, 9:07 am, Jon Colverson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 24, 6:08 pm, Yuri Ammosov - Sadko Mobile <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > No, it does not. Read carefully. > > > Products: Software, content and digital materials created for Devices > > in accordance with the Android SDK ***and distributed via the > > Market***. > > > It's not distributed via Market, it's not a Product. > > I did notice that. If we take it at face value then we could make a > free game with two levels and a "level store" that sells more levels > with payment via PayPal. That would clearly be against the intent of > the distribution agreement, though. On the other end of the spectrum, > an app that is a front-end for a web store for buying e-books or MP3s > would probably be fine. The case that we are currently talking about, > where an RPG game is selling content for use in the game itself, is > closer to my first example than my second, in my opinion. > > You might argue that it is the letter of the agreement rather than the > intent which is important, but the agreement contains a provision > allowing Google to change it at will, so I think that makes > understanding the intent vitally important. > > On Mar 24, 7:00 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Exactly. > > This is something that anyone capable of writing apps should be able > > to understand. I've never heard of a computer science program (i.e. > > college/university) that didn't require at least a rudimentary BOOLEAN > > LOGIC course.... > > Unfortunately, we are in the realm of legalese, not boolean logic. > There's no need to be insulting about it. I'm not defending or > attacking Google's policy; I'm merely trying to help us all understand > it and proposing a solution for downloadable content that avoids legal > ambiguity. > > If you want to make a Market app that sells add-ons outside the Market > then you're free to try it, but personally I think you would be > running the risk of Google taking down your app and/or changing the > agreement to explicitly forbid it. > > -- > Jon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
