All my programs include Terms & Conditions. It's a good idea to read them. I realize they are sort of boring, but they provide important information.
During this past week, one of the Path to Programmable 3 participants decided to return the kit. He was reluctant to post his program blogs on the element14 Community. He wanted to post them on github and I guess link them to the element14 Community.
Apparently, he did not read our terms and conditions or my notification letter regarding his selection as a finalist for the program.
We require that you must post all the deliverables (training blogs and final projects) to the element14 Community in the Path to Programmable 3 group.
Now, you are welcome to link your element14 Community blogs and projects to other websites. In fact, that would be great and much appreciated. But the original ones need to be published on the element14 Community.
The element14 Community has several functions. Being a content publisher is one of its more basic functions. We promote your content through social media, newsletters, and other kind of marketing campaigns. In fact, at times our content gets published in our industry's trade magazines. The sponsor also promotes our programs. Hence, your content must be published on the element14 Community.
While having quite a few email exchanges with this individual, I got the sense he was working on something proprietary (I guess you could call it) and he was concerned about "fidelity," which I guess means someone using his ideas, though I'm not quite sure. Well, all content published on the element14 Community is open to the public. If something is so private, then perhaps you should blog about something else.
In any event, I encourage you to read the terms and conditions.
So, he is returning the kit to us. This is unfortunate because it could have gone to someone who was willing to abide by the rules we set forth in our T&Cs.
Randall
Path to Program 3 Program Manager
