i prefer not to believe you but thank you ^.^ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Incognito" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Android Challenge" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 10:17 AM Subject: [android-challenge] Re: 1,788 entries
Well, android is not prohibiting the commercial use, that is the difference. Same is with open source, some licenses don't prohibit commercial use so long as you contribute any changes you've made to the source code. Now, for your specific case, if the license says that you cannot use the material to make any income whatsoever, i.e. from a competition, then you are screwed. However, if it only says that you cannot use it for commercial use, i.e. sell it to other people, then entering a competition is not selling so you may be off the hook. It really depends on what the license prohibits you to do. Check whether it prohibits you to enter any competitions that grant prizes. Disclaimer: Not a lawyer so don't believe anything I say. On Apr 18, 3:08 pm, "Cow Bay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks for your comments. > > can it be reasoned this way that all submission have violated ADC terms and > conditions becuase android SDK is free-download but not necessarily for > commercial use (for you must not sell it for money into your pocket) but all > have used it "in order to" win the money. > > is there any law material regarding the definition of "commercial"? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Incognito" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Android Challenge" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 9:36 AM > Subject: [android-challenge] Re: 1,788 entries > > If you win some money based on that free-download for personal use > then it is for commercial use. > > On Apr 18, 2:28 pm, "Cow Bay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > will google disqualify applications with free-download material that can > be > > for personal use but not for commercial use? > > > because the apps will be free downloadable and will be used for free (ie, > > NOT for commercial), the copyright issue seems ambiguous in the > > disqualification decison, isn't it? > > > what does "obviously" mean? > > > -cow > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Peli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Android Challenge" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 8:07 AM > > Subject: [android-challenge] Re: 1,788 entries > > > > > The apps that were disqualified were ones that were submitted > > > > with obviously copyrighted material such as music files or ROMs, ... > > > > I also hope that not all music files were regarded as copyrighted > > > material. We had included a midi and an mp3 file, both with permission > > > by the composers to use them... > > > > Peli- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
