Is this for real? http://forums.topcoder.com/?module=Thread&threadID=634679&start=0&mc=1#1071016 http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=MatchDetails&rd=13772 http://forums.topcoder.com/?module=ThreadList&forumID=526417&mc=121
My googling and searching of mailing lists and LL blogs reveals no mention of TopCoder at all, that I can find. Is LL really behind this? Only other thing I can find is this: http://studio.topcoder.com/?module=ViewContestDetails&ct=1000525 I only found out about it because I have someone emailing me for tips. This treads directly on my territory and I'm going to be very annoyed if people are winning thousands of dollars for something I've been pouring hundreds of man hours into over the past two years without any such direct compensation. Also the rules are very concerning: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=MatchRules&rd=13772 "If TopCoder compensates you for your submission, then you agree to irrevocably and unconditionally transfer and assign to TopCoder all right, title and interest you have, may have or acquire in, such submission" "You further agree that any and all works of authorship created, authored or developed by you hereunder which TopCoder compensates you for shall be deemed to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the United States Copyright Law and, as such, all rights therein including copyright shall belong solely and exclusively to TopCoder from the time of their creation." Or in short "You sign over your soul to TopCoder" which makes me hesitant to participate, and makes me question the motives of those behind the contest. This is very much the opposite of open collaboration. So, seriously WTF? Does this all sound fair to you? Because I'm sure feeling cheated. Incidentally I recently posted some patches that give a 30-35% speedup of the decoder: http://groups.google.com/group/openjpeg/browse_thread/thread/4d27b0eaeba39c8a
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part
_______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
