Pretty sure they're talking about anyone who published after Aug1, who would need to rename the package for launch in ADC2.
The eligibility rules were posted on May 27th (when ADC2 was announced), so unless you published your app before May 27th, not sure theres much unfairness going on here... - Dan On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Houba <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, but I have just seen this: > > > http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/08/android-developer-challenge-2-open-for.html > > He clearly States > > "As a final note, if you've uploaded a version of your app to Android > Market, you'll need to use a different Android package name for the > version you submit to the Challenge." > > Therefore, it seems to me that what Google are looking for is for > developers who HAVE developed already prior to Aug 1st, need to rename > their apps. > > That would make sense. > > It is EXTREMELY Cruel for a Google official NOT to answer this. > Especially at this time. > > Its also quite unfair that this clause of eligibility was not made > public sooner - before everyone started developing apps and publishing > them before Aug 1st. > > Please can someone official from Google just give me a SIMPLE "Yes - > change the name of your app" or "No - you've lost your chance. Thanks > for using Android". > > Thanks > > > On Aug 26, 10:39 pm, Dan Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: > > a) I'd imagine, they'll go through ADC getting rated, but if they should > > win, I'd imagine Google would check if theres a duplicate on the market > that > > was released prior to Aug1, and remove it at that point. Not to mention, > if > > they announced the winners, and someone else noticed, I'm sure it would > be > > pointed out pretty quickly. Its not a "well maybe it was" type thing, it > > would be pretty obvious... > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Houba <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I am aware that this challenge is only open to Apps or developers who > > > have not published their apps on the Android Market before 1st > > > August. > > > > > But my question is this: > > > > > a) What is stopping a developer from just changing the name of his/her > > > app or renaming the app package? Surely others will try this? > > > > > b) Are there any developers here that created apps in anticipation for > > > the ADC2 to only find that by publishing on the Android Market, you > > > will lose out on the eligibility clause? > > > > > Thanks, > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
