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For software products, it's pretty hard for them to tell the difference between a simulation/rendering and the real thing. If I show a finished UI, it will app

by smoyer 14y ago

For software products, it's pretty hard for them to tell the difference between a simulation/rendering and the real thing. If I show a finished UI, it will appear to be fully functional and polished, but there may not be any back-end at all. I often create a fake persistence layer to allow for faster development of the UI. How would they be able to tell the difference? And it's actually not violating the rules at all right?

siganakis 14y ago
The simulation/rendering rule is only for "Hardware and Product Design Projects", not software.
- waterlesscloud 14y ago
  Are you sure? Software could conceivably fall under "Product".
  - MartinCron 14y ago
    From the comments in the linked blog, there was this comment "The new guideline prohibiting renderings applies only to projects categorized as Product Design or Hardware. Other categories, including Games, are not affected." which came from Kickstarter's community manager.
  - jere 14y ago
    Everything on the site could conceivably fall into "Product". It seems fairly clear to me that they are just trying to prevent these kind of shenanigans: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/files/2012/09/bulbs.jpg http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/files/2012/09/bulbs.jp... http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/09/18/kickstarter-vaporware-of-the-day-lifx-edition/ http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/09/18/kickstarter...
    - makomk 14y ago
      There are a bunch of obvious technical mistakes in that, not least of which is that you're not effectively buying a WeMo and getting the bulb for free; only the more expensive master bulb will have WiFi support and the rest will talk to it over much cheaper 802.15.4 mesh networking.
- smoyer 14y ago
  I also think that delivered software is a product. I doubt kickstarter would allow SaaS at all (it would be interesting to see what kind of products get rejected during the submission reviews).

by smoyer 14y ago

siganakis 14y ago

The simulation/rendering rule is only for "Hardware and Product Design Projects", not software.

waterlesscloud 14y ago
Are you sure? Software could conceivably fall under "Product".
- MartinCron 14y ago
  From the comments in the linked blog, there was this comment "The new guideline prohibiting renderings applies only to projects categorized as Product Design or Hardware. Other categories, including Games, are not affected." which came from Kickstarter's community manager.
- jere 14y ago
  Everything on the site could conceivably fall into "Product". It seems fairly clear to me that they are just trying to prevent these kind of shenanigans: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/files/2012/09/bulbs.jpg http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/files/2012/09/bulbs.jp... http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/09/18/kickstarter-vaporware-of-the-day-lifx-edition/ http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/09/18/kickstarter...
  - makomk 14y ago
    There are a bunch of obvious technical mistakes in that, not least of which is that you're not effectively buying a WeMo and getting the bulb for free; only the more expensive master bulb will have WiFi support and the rest will talk to it over much cheaper 802.15.4 mesh networking.
smoyer 14y ago
I also think that delivered software is a product. I doubt kickstarter would allow SaaS at all (it would be interesting to see what kind of products get rejected during the submission reviews).