Hi Karthikr, although piracy is difficult to defeat, ADC giving away your app is not much more of a threat than pirates being able to buy it off the market, except that Google is less likely to board your ship with grappling hooks, dirks in teeth. Depending on what your app does, you can make it expire after a month, but that can be hacked by a sufficiently determined scoundrel; if you can store data on the web (as with a social app), then it's easier to lock out freeloaders.
Yusuf Saib Android ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Aug 5, 2:45 am, DKIT <[email protected]> wrote: > How much does a patent cost anyway? > > Silly to patent an idea that will generate a few hundred or thousands > of dollars of the patent costs more... I don't know, but If I patent > something in the US, what prevents someone in China to create a > knockoff? A worldwide patent for an Android app sounds just silly... > > On Aug 5, 3:34 am, Holden Karau <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm not really sure patents are a sensible method of copy protection. > > I think the original author is more concerned about people copying his > > application verbatim, rather than people developing clones (where > > patents _might_ help, but I'm not a lawyer). > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:09 PM, powerbyte<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Karthik, > > > > Just release 30 or 60 day trail version. > > > > piracy cannot be avoided. once your app is released your idea is out. > > > so, patent your idea before release. > > > > -pb > > > > On Aug 4, 11:41 pm, karthikr <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hi Guys, > > > >> Can someone help me out with requested info? > > > >> Regards, > > >> R.Karthik > > > >> On Aug 4, 8:21 pm, karthikr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > Hi Guys, > > > >> > I have been planning to release the applications that I have developed > > >> > as paid applications and I do not have any plans to have a lite > > >> > versions of them. > > > >> > However I am planning to take part in the android developer challenge > > >> > and I have noted that my application will be given to users frree of > > >> > cost for judging. > > > >> > It has also been mentioned that I can set a time limit for expiry for > > >> > my application, for this purpose. > > > >> > Is it advisable for me to set a certification timer, if yes how do i > > >> > go about doing this? I am also concerned that releasing this was may > > >> > cause some pirated versions of my application to be out in the web. > > >> > Can someone advice me as to what is the step I should go about with? > > > >> > Thanks in advance, > > >> > R.Karthik > > > >> > On Aug 3, 11:59 pm, Luciano Broussal <[email protected]> > > >> > wrote: > > > >> > > Thank you Mark for the confirmation. > > >> > > Croco > > > >> > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Mark Murphy > > >> > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > Croco wrote: > > >> > > > > I'm wondering what is the procedure to submit an application > > >> > > > > entry for > > >> > > > > the competition. > > > >> > > > Wait for instructions to appear > > >> > > > onhttp://code.google.com/android/adc/. > > > >> > > > -- > > >> > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > > >> > > >http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > >> > > > Android Development Wiki:http://wiki.andmob.org-Hidequotedtext- > > > >> > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > Cell : 226-747-0683 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
