Makes sense. I toyed with the idea of wrapping up a simple corp for the submission, but I figured I should focus on what I was doing, and if on the outside chance I get in to the first round, I'd figured it out after that. Maybe you can't switch mid-stream, but if my app somehow got one of the big prizes, I'd wrap it in some type of company structure before giving it to the world.
I'm not big on paperwork ;) On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:22 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
