You might just as well submit? You don't have much to lose.
On Aug 26, 4:27 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Just wondering if anyone else has come to the decision to give ADC2 a miss? > - The T&Cs allow Google or anyone in the OHA to develop an identical app and > you can't seek compensation Assuming you're a small guy just like me, it's not much different from releasing anywhere, so you might as well enter. > * Entering ADC2 gives Google a license to distribute the app for free I've packaged a release specific to the ADC. This allows continuing updates of the main app in the Market. While that moves on, the ADC entry naturally falls behind, turning stale within a few months. And I've got a kill switch built in, although for other reasons. > > So if Google want to "promote" Android by bundling your app for free, then > you've just agreed to that. That has been discussed over the years and is Google's boilerplate language that allows them to host your stuff in the web. Not designed to be used "against" you. Otherwise, see above. > > * Voting process > If it falls through you're just as far as not entering. > * Lack of updates. > There's got to be one baseline for voting, otherwise prior votes are meaningless > The T&Cs state that 1st round judging could be open until 23rd of October, > which means that the app could be nearly 2 months out of date by the time > user voting ends, and nearly three before the second round ends. This is a > problem because if you release a more up to date version in those two months > your ADC2 entry version will probably get a lower rating because users have > already seen what improvements are possible. Maybe yes, maybe no. Again, if it falls through it's like you didn't enter in the first place. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
