my fxxked comcaxt internet connection was broken for 20 mins just now. fortunely the judging process has not begun yet.
in this aspect, the 2-month judging period is a mercy to those developers who submit apps that need to connect with servers hosted on a unreliable network like the one i am paying $70/mon. of course, they must also pray that no judge will trash their app immediately after trying only once to find no server connection due to network outage. as for google's developing similar or identical app to submitted entries, it seems so far ok. i did not see many useful similar/ identical android apps by google. but if they are planning or will plan to do so, i wish they could turn all such workforce to make android better. god bless all android developers. amen!! 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 reasons we're doing it are below. > > Al. > > - The T&Cs allow Google or anyone in the OHA to develop an identical app and > you can't seek compensation > > From the T&Cs : > > "You acknowledge and understand that Google and/or members of the Open > Handset Alliance may independently develop applications that may be similar > to or identical to your Entry in terms of theme, idea, function, or in other > respects. You agree that you will not be entitled to any rights in, or > compensation in connection with, any such similar or identical applications > and/or ideas... " > > * Entering ADC2 gives Google a license to distribute the app for free > > From the T&Cs: > > "As a condition of entry, Participant grants Google a perpetual, irrevocable, > worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, > publicly perform, publicly display and create a derivative work from, any > Entry that Participant submits to this Challenge for the purposes of allowing > Google to test and evaluate the Entry for purposes of the Challenge, to > administer the technical and other requirements of the Challenge including > distribution of the Entry to the Community and Expert Judges, and to > advertise, display, demonstrate, or otherwise promote the Android platform." > > So if Google want to "promote" Android by bundling your app for free, then > you've just agreed to that. > > * Voting process > > From the T&Cs : "...download a special, free judging application ("Judging > Application") that will allow the end user to randomly download Entries". So > basically users could end up with a stream of randomly chosen apps they have > no interest in and users who have an interest in the app we enter may never > see it. > > This follows through to the 2nd round where "Qualifying Entries will be > randomly distributed to Community Judges..." > > Google Market has already shown the types of ratings and comments from users > who go to the effort of finding and downloading an app that may interest > them, throwing random apps at them seems like a recepie for mayhem. > > * Lack of updates. > > 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. > > -- > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
