All else aside ... lawyers complicate things? Maybe, but you don't launch a product/platform and expect commitment from outside parties until YOU are happy with what YOUR lawyers have produced and thus YOU are offering to the outside world.
There's no defense for a questionable contract. You stand behind your contract, or you don't publish it. Period. ∞ Andy Badera ∞ +1 518-641-1280 ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Michael Ivey <michael.i...@gmail.com> wrote: > "OneForty is not a developer-friendly platform." > > I think this is a demonstrably false statement. All of my interactions with > Laura and the 140 team have been very positive, and she's made it clear that > they're working on the contract. Sometimes lawyers overcomplicate things, > and it takes time to dial it back. > > And yes, when I claimed Twitpay I balked at the contract initially. We don't > have an app to sell, so none of it applied to us, and I knew Laura was > working on it, so I went ahead with the registration. > > Whether you sign it or not, I hope people will give Laura and her team time > to sort this out. She's a good person, and has shown a real desire to make > something good here. > > -- ivey > > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Duane Roelands <duane.roela...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I read it, and I was horrified. So, I logged into IRC and found two >> members of the OneForty development team. I asked them to remove my >> application from the directory. >> >> They refused. >> >> OneForty is not a developer-friendly platform. >> >> >> >> On Oct 8, 7:44 pm, "brad...@squeejee.com" <brad...@praexis.com> wrote: >> > wow, somehow managed to totally miss that thread... thanks! >> > >> > On Oct 8, 6:07 pm, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > There's another thread herehttp://bit.ly/Owfvdwherethe developer >> > > contract also raised some eyebrows. >> > >> > > Dewald >> > >> > > On Oct 8, 7:25 pm, "brad...@squeejee.com" <brad...@praexis.com> wrote: >> > >> > > > There has been a lot of buzz around OneForty.com and what it will >> > > > mean >> > > > for all of us Twitter app developers. However, some of the things in >> > > > their developer contract (that you have to agree to in order to >> > > > claim >> > > > your application on their side) gave us (Squeejee) pause after we >> > > > decided to read the fine print. >> > >> > > > Please see read the contract for yourself >> > > > (http://oneforty.com/terms/ >> > > > publisher_contract), see our blog post with our concerns (http:// >> > > > squeejee.com/blog/2009/10/08/questions-for-oneforty) and leave your >> > > > comments! >> > >> > > > Laura Fitton, the founder of oneforty.com, has been very receptive >> > > > and >> > > > wants to engage in open dialogue about the contract. Please add to >> > > > the >> > > > discussion! >
