I participated as an individual, in case you are wondering.
On Apr 30, 8:38 pm, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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).
>
> Yes, I think google can get sued if they choose some applications
> based on whether it is an individual or not. It would constitute fraud
> on my book since they never made that clear in the terms and
> conditions. Applications will be chosen based on the four criterias
> mentioned and that is it. Any of you hoping that google will cut you
> some slack because you are an individual you are dreaming.
>
> On Apr 30, 8:30 pm, j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > 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:
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> > > > 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 :-)
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