Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC 2008 Registrations are Open

[Baris Cicek <baris teamforce name tr>]

Hi Jorg; 

Sorry about that, but where did you encounter these text? Are you
speaker? There should be a speaker disclaimer survey and I presume that
was a test stuff which should not be activated. 

Can you please send me a screenshot or more descriptive location of
these text? 

Regards,
Baris Cicek

On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 11:19 +0200, Jörg Barfurth wrote:
> Baris Cicek schrieb:
> > GUADEC 2008 Registrations are Open!
> > 
> > Please visit: https://guadec.expectnation.com/guadec08/public/register
> > in order to register for GUADEC 2008. 
> > 
> 
> Can you please clarify the 'Further details' option on the 'Speaker 
> registration' page?
> 
> I can't parse the text there, so I can't really proceed, because I don't 
> know to what I will be agreeing or disagreeing to by doing so. It 
> currently says:
> 
> > Do you allow using your talk as disclaimer
> 
> Sounds like a question, but appears to be meant as heading. I certainly 
> don't think my talk will be suitable to be used as disclaimer for anything.
> 
> > Choosing yes in this field means that your talk will can be used by GNOME Foundation and etc.
> 
> I think I can guess what this is supposed to mean, but not only is this 
> ungrammatical, but I think it is far too unspecific:
> 
> - It is not entirely clear what 'my talk' is here. Does it mean audio or 
> video recordings of the actual presentation? Slides or scripts I may 
> have? Content and ideas? All of them?
> 
> - I have no idea what "and etc." is meant to cover. So who I would allow 
> to use my talk?
> 
> - I doesn't say how the talk would be used by those people or 
> organizations.  Do I give a 'for all uses, no restrictions or rules'
> license to "my talk"?
> 
> As an employed developer, I don't think I can agree to a 'disclaimer' I 
> don't understand nor give away *all* rights to whatever 'my talk' 
> encompasses to unspecified recipients. Thus without more detail I think 
> I am forced to choose 'no'. But neither does the page explain what 
> legitimate and desirable uses I deny by this choice.
> 
> > Payments will be handled by PayPal this year as well. PayPal integration
> > with guadec.org will also be available, however currently you can
> > register and pay later. 
> > 
> 
> I want to use this option, because we want to use a group payment (and 
> fall under the 'sponsoring organization' rules). However colleagues 
> report that this option doesn't work for them. (I didn't get that far, 
> due to the issue above).
> 
> - Jörg
>