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Re: Java Cup International
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Bass (Java))
Fri Dec 15 18:47:44 1995
From: Tim Bass (Java) <java@dune.silkroad.com>
To: Jules.Damji@Corp.Sun.COM (Jules Damji)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 16:43:27 -0500 (EST)
Cc: Francis.VanAeken@imag.fr, java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
In-Reply-To: <9512131837.AA27018@verona.Corp.Sun.COM> from "Jules Damji" at Dec 13, 95 10:37:07 am
> There will be an FAQ on the site explaining why few countries
> were not eligible. Check the site again soon.
>
> Jules
>
It would be helpful if there would also be a FAQ on why all participants
in the Java Cup must give up all rights to the code that they develop;
including code that is *not* selected for a prize.
It is difficult to understand for many people, including myself, what
is the rational and logic behind requiring *all* participants in the
Java Cup to give up all rights to their 'hand written code ' and
then rush to submit code for T-shirts and coffee mugs with such
a small probability of winning.
Winning the big prizes, I understand, that the rights to developed
software is a quid pro quo for winning a big prize. The difficult
part to understand is why unsuccessful submissions become the
sole property of the contest Sponsors. On the surface, it appears
to be an elaborate scheme to field ideas and java code from the
community of developers.
Just curious. Why should developers labor to develop awesome java
apps just to give up all rights to the code, if not selected as
a winner ???
Thanks,
Tim
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