[hackerspaces] Radio Shack Hackerspace Challenge: $1000 Prize!

[Ken Murphy]

HI all-

My role in this Hackerspace Challenge is limited to the recruitment and
day-to-day logistics, so I'm not fully qualified to speak to the legal
issues. However I do understand that there are legal complications in
running a contest with a cash prize that make it difficult to include other
countries. This is not particular to the US, and you'll see the same thing
with contests run by organizations based in other countries.

Ken


On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Chris Weiss <cweiss at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm pretty sure I've seen threads that only apply to EU spaces and I
> didn't see any crying from US spaces about it.  now if you want to
> complain about a company (ab)using the list for self-promotion, that's
> a whole different angle.
>
> My take:  this puts "hackerspace" as a "thing" in a more public view
> and helps a little to take back the "hacker" moniker that mass media
> has stolen.  it's a good thing even if it is region limited.
>
>
> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Felicitus <felicitus at felicitus.org>
> wrote:
> >> Unfortunately, we need to limit it to the US. Sorry!
> >
> > As some others have replied before: Yes, this sucks. I especially agree
> > with Philip Poten. If you're looking for cheap advertisement, don't use
> > the general list, where there are probably more non-US readers than the
> > other way around.
> >
> > Felicitus
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