Affadavit for OpenJDK challenge

[Stephen Colebourne]

Hi,
Thanks for the public clarification. I suspect most people don't read 
the small print of what they sign, but I try to. Certainly this clause 
is one that should be reviewed for the future.

thanks,
Stephen

Ray Gans wrote:
> Hi Stephen, Michael,
> 
> I've checked with the folks administrating the contest and they said 
> there is no reason or expectation to ever publish private home 
> addresses. I was told that the request for the right to use the 
> addresses of the winners is just standard practice and has not been an 
> issue in the past. No one has been able to tell me why it is "standard 
> practice" but they promised to revisit the language for the next contest 
> we do.
> 
> Sun does want the ability to publish the country and state of the 
> winners (and perhaps the city), however, as part of the press 
> announcements.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> -Ray
> 
> On Sep 15, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Michael Nascimento wrote:
> 
>> Yes, I feel the same about it. Looking forward to hearing some
>> feedback from you, guys.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Michael
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Stephen Colebourne 
>> <scolebourne at joda.org> wrote:
>>> I wanted to place on public record my opposition to the legal 
>>> statement that
>>> I have had to sign as part of the Open JDK challenge.
>>>
>>> "I hereby grant to the Sponsor the absolute right and permission to 
>>> use my
>>> name, address and/or photograph in any and all advertising and 
>>> promotional
>>> materials, or to refrain from doing so, in any manner or media 
>>> whatsoever,
>>> worldwide, for advertising and promotional purposes in conjunction with
>>> promotions for the Contest without notice to me and without further
>>> compensation. I shall have no right of approval, no claim to any
>>> compensation, and no claim arising out of the use, alteration, 
>>> distortion or
>>> illusionary effect or use in any composite form of my name, address,
>>> photograph or likeness."
>>>
>>> Specifically, I object in the strongest terms to giving Sun Microsystems
>>> full and absolute rights to publish my entire private home address as 
>>> they
>>> see fit. I don't know whether this was just bad legalese, or whether 
>>> privacy
>>> means less in the US, but signing this has been a big deal for me. 
>>> (It is
>>> possible that this is a legal requrement for competitions, and if so 
>>> then I
>>> withdraw the complaint).
>>>
>>> I hope this email serves as a warning to any other challenge entrant 
>>> as to
>>> exactly how much they are signing away. Should the challenge concept be
>>> repeated, I would ask that this clause (address) be reviewed.
>>>
>>> thanks for listening,
>>> Stephen
>>>
> 
>