Actually, the contract says you can not use the logo on your resume.
At some point I will need to contact Sun myself to determine what exactly they mean. I also have a contract and what it says it quite ambiguous.
At one point it says "you may use the logo on your personal business cards & personal stationery"..... Another sentence says " you may not use on..... web sites". Another sentence says "You may not use the logo on your resume".
However, I know people here on JavaRanch use the logo on their personal web site, which has their resume(with the logo). THey did this because they specifically asked Sun what exactly the contract means, and were told that using the logo on a resume on the internet was ok(even though the contract says can not use on resume.)
Sun needs to start making real world statements on their contract. Which statements are referring to hardcopy? Which sentences are referring to internet?
In addition, the original reason I did not sign the contract is because Sun was so ambiguous on the definition of "company use", and "personal use". They say "if you are working for a company other than your own sole proprietorship which is doing business in your own name and of which you are the sole employee, you may not use the logo". What exactly does that mean? I am incorporated and I am the sole employee. If I were to use the logo, would my use be a "personal use" or a "company use"? What exactly is Sun trying to say? Do they mean "sole proprietorship" in the legal definition of the phrase? or the IRS tax definition of the phrase?.
Notice this big ambiguity (kind of funny in a way) => contract says you can not use for company use, but the contract form wants you to provide the Company Name(if applicable) and the CEO's or President's Name(if applicable).
What could they possibly mean? They clearly forbid company use, but they request the company name?! Possibly what Sun really wants is the employer's name (where the
Java certified person signing the contract works)?
But if they mean "Employer's Name", why didn't they just say so?
Since I could not figure out what Sun's contract meant, I did not sign it, and I do not use the logo in any way. It is too bad there is no certification for the lawyers who write these nutty contracts.
