I think the goal of ADC is to showcase amazing apps on the Android platforms. I would estimate that most of the 50 winners will be corporate and team entries even though I estimate most of the 1700+ entries are individual entries. Still, I hope there will be a few individual entries winners (I am one).
On Apr 30, 4:22 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The terms rightly shift the burden to contestants of any suits that > happen because someone somewhere thought something somewhat like what > you thought and captured in code. The contestants have to cover this: > > "patent or other intellectual property right of any person" > > I don't know what patents exist on handset accelerometer driven games, > but if that is what was submitted, the submitter shoulders the legal > stuff. > > I don't know what patents exist on GPS location based services/ map > views, but I bet there are some and the contestant must shoulder the > burden if someone sees the application and thinks it looks like > theirs. 10 Best was doing something with AT&T a few years ago and AT&T > can be a bit territorial. > > You get the idea. > > Our entry is about traffic avoidance. The basic idea harkens back to > Paul Revere's ride where traffic density was relayed by lanterns with > the words "one if by land and two if by sea." And some other 100 year > old ideas. The Android architecture makes some really simple, well > worn, ideas really powerful. It will coexist with exiting services > and users will get to shop existing traffic services based on how good > the services work for them. > > Anyway we kept our application so simple that it is obvious, to give > it the best shot of reaching the market… And we protected our team > members. > > I hope this clarifies. > > On Apr 30, 4:25 pm, "Kevin Galligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why? I get corporate law, but what's the concern? > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 5:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Ours was a team, but we submitted as a company so that the check will > > > be made out to something that can be limited liability. If you read > > > the terms for phase 2 (maybe stage 2), limited liability is a the only > > > way I could see to responsibly participate. > > > > On Apr 30, 3:24 pm, "Kevin Galligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I assumed it was more of a legal deal. Maybe not, though. I imagine > > > > if all the 50 were going to be business apps, they'd probably swap out > > > > a couple of the group and individual ones just to keep the masses > > > > happy. > > > > > Maybe they would be judged differently, though. I think individual or > > > > team might get a little slack for interface polish and documentation. > > > > I don't think its going to do much for idea assessment, though. They > > > > want awesome apps. Considering that, I bet everybody would get about > > > > the same assessment. > > > > > Where this might really come into play is the unavoidable situation: > > > > two (or more) of the same submissions. If the ideas are the same and > > > > the quality is comparable, I bet the business/team/individual > > > > designation would come into play. The question is, which way would it > > > > go? Business is most likely to complete the app (maybe). Individual > > > > and team make for better press. Cinderella story sort of thing. I'd > > > > argue this whole thing is as much about the apps as it is about the > > > > press, but I could be wrong ;) > > > > > Also individual. > > > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:01 PM, nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > So they asked us in the submission process whether we were an > > > > > individual, a team, or a business. What impact do you think that > > > will > > > > > have on judging? If any? I can't remember them saying in the > > > contest > > > > > rules that applications would be judged differently based on the > > > type > > > > > of submission, but I can imagine that that information would subtly > > > > > change how someone would look at an application. And in a way it > > > > > would make it more fair given that individuals are going to have > > > > > manpower differences (by definition) compared to teams or business. > > > > > > Full disclosure: I say this as someone who submitted as an > > > > > individual :-) > > > > > > nick- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
