Andy Howard <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> "...By participating in the Contest, Contestant waives and/or
> transfers all claims to intellectual property rights in submitted
> entries, including without limitation patent rights and copyright,
> and waives all common law and moral rights, and all other rights
> derivative therefrom, except where prohibited..."
>
> That's not just the winning entries - it applies to all entries.
> Does it seem a little unreasonable that you would be unable to use
> the design yourself if it's unsuccessfully entered in the
> competition? Or is this a normal condition of these things?

Andy:

No, that's not the way it normally works.

Even the Microchip/Circuit Cellar contest of a few years ago didn't
work like that; entrants had to allow their designs to be published
once in Circuit Cellar Magazine, but beyond that, ownership of the
design stayed with the designer.  As I recall, in fact, those of us
who judged that contest signed rather strict non-disclosure
agreements covering OUR use of the submitted designs.

I wouldn't enter a design contest with rules like National's... But
it's a moot point, since the COP8 development tools are so bad that I
wouldn't design National's parts into anything (again), anyway.

-Andy


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