Java SCJP tricky questions collection

[Max Bazhenov]

My previous post was deleted, and I dunno why.
Second try: if anybody interested in subj - please post here links for tricky questions from this forum - I gonna create TRICKY java test on www.overalltesting.com.

Cheers.

PS. Admins, if this topic violates the rules of this conference - please let me to know ([e-mail]) before you will delete it. Thanks.

[Barry Gaunt]

How are you handling the copyright issues?
At the bottom you will see "Copyright � 1998-2004 Paul Wheaton. All rights reserved".

Also the mock questions are copyright of their authors.

[Max Bazhenov]

Barry, you mean everything posted here is JavaRanch privacy and it is impossible to reproduce questions from here? Sounds weird. There is no privacy for what people say.
Anyway, I think it is possible to implement my idea if you would send tricky questions directly to my email with correct answers ([e-mail]). No need for forum links anymore. Moreover, I hope the administration of this cool site wouldn't be against the idea of helping people to achieve their goals.

Thank you for understanding.

[Barry Gaunt]

Being an administrator of this forum I will not do it. Sorry.

[Max Bazhenov]

Barry, but why?

[Michael Ernest]

Barry, you mean everything posted here is JavaRanch privacy and it is impossible to reproduce questions from here? Sounds weird. There is no privacy for what people say.

There is an inherent -- and in the case of JavaRanch, explicit -- copyright over what people publish, Max. Taking information published on this site and packaging it as your work is the pontential issue.

Anyway, I think it is possible to implement my idea if you would send tricky questions directly to my email with correct answers ([e-mail]). No need for forum links anymore.

Seems reasonable enough, but not appropriate to this forum. We maintain another called Blatant Advertising that is a better fit.

[Nicholas Cheung]

Honestly, different people has different point of view and feeling on the same issue. You might feel you did nothing wrong, however, moderators might not have the same feeling with you.

In short, you might feel ridicious, however, the rules are here!!! If you wanna play the games, please obey the rules without arguments.

Nick

[Corey McGlone]

Max - here's another thing to keep in mind. A lot of what is posted here on the Ranch (especially in the SCJP forum) was originally written by someone else so you've got a couple layers of copyright here...

Take Dan Chisholm's mock exams, for example. He created a lot of mock questions and they are all copyrighted under his nate, on his site. Quite often, people post his work in the SCJP forum. That content, originally posted under Dan's copyright is now posted under JavaRanch copyright, as well.

The good news is that folks like Dan don't get very bent out of shape about people reposting their work elsewhere. Of course, the people doing the posting aren't generally trying to say that this is "their work," either. It's obvious that it came from someone else, even if they don't say so explicitly (although we prefer it when they do).

The whole idea of taking information posted in the SCJP forum, which may have come from other, now untraceable sources, leads to some hairy copyright issues. I'm no lawyer, but it looks like a mess I wouldn't want to get involved in. If you want to grab the "best of the best" mock exam questions, I'd suggest trying to contact some of the mock exam makers out there directly. Perhaps you could contact Dan Chisholm or Marcus Green. I don't know how keen they'll be on handing out their copyright to someone else, though - it's their hard work and has, in some cases, turned into a source of revenue for them. I would sincerely ask that, if you do decide to contact these folks, you repsect their decisions. Just remember, they put a lot of time and effort into what they've accomplished.

And, certainly, if you go through with this, I would suggest that you clearly state where questions came from so that due credit can be given.

There are my two cents, anyway. Feel free to disagree as you see fit.

[Nicholas Cheung]

In addition, Max, just an interesting point.

Do you mind I copy out the questions posted in your site and put into my own site?

Nick

[Barry Gaunt]

And why do you have a copyright sign on your site?

OverallTesting (c), 2004

[ November 02, 2004: Message edited by: Barry Gaunt ]
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