DRAFT Community Awards Rules
Rich Sands
Richard.Sands at Sun.COM
Tue Jan 15 23:27:34 UTC 2008
Here's a draft set of rules for the contest we've been discussing.
Please read and comment. Deadline for doing anything with comments is
probably this coming Sunday, Jan 20. We can't promise we'll incorporate
all suggestions but we really appreciate and value your ideas.
Thanks,
-- rms
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[DRAFT -- FOR DISCUSSION ONLY]
OPENJDK COMMUNITY INNOVATORS' CHALLENGE
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTEST:
The OpenJDK Community Innovator's Challenge ("Contest") is
designed to encourage developers to collaborate and creatively solve
key problems facing the OpenJDK Community, initiate new projects that
innovate on the OpenJDK code base, leverage the code for new uses,
develop curricula and training, and port the code to new platforms,
all to further the objectives of the OpenJDK Community in developing
and disseminating compatible, free software implementations of the
Java SE platform based on the OpenJDK code base. The Contest is
comprised of two stages. The first stage is the proposal stage in
which entrants are invited to submit a proposed software programming
idea. All eligible proposals submitted during this stage will be
judged by a panel of experts in accordance with the criteria set forth
in Rule 7 below. The judges will select between two and seven of the
best proposals and the entrants who have submitted those proposals
will be designated as Finalists and advance to the second stage of the
Contest. During the second stage of the Contest, the selected
Finalists will be asked to build and submit the project deliverables
described in the proposal. Each Finalist who successfully completes
building the project deliverables will receive a Prize as described in
Rule 8. Rules and regulations of the Contest are provided herein.
2. ELIGIBILITY:
This Contest is open only to individuals or groups of individuals all
of whom are, at the time of entry, of the legal age of majority in
their country, province or state of legal residence and residents of
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, [We are looking into Brazil and Belgium
for you.] Canada, Czech Republic, China, Denmark, France, Germany,
India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands [We
are looking into the Netherlands for you], Poland, Russia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the fifty
United States and the District of Columbia. Void in Puerto Rico,
Quebec and where prohibited by law. Employees of Sponsor and Sun
Microsystems, Inc. ("Sun"), and each of its parent
companies, affiliates and subsidiaries, participating advertising and
promotion agencies (and members of their immediate family, defined as
parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they
reside, and/or those living in the same household) are not
eligible. Sun Campus Ambassadors are eligible to participate. You must
also have access to the Internet and a valid email address in order to
enter. Entries may be submitted by a single individual or by a team
of up to10 individuals. An individual may enter the contest no more
than one time, whether as a single individual or as a member of a
team. If an entry is submitted by a team, each individual member of
the team must meet the eligibility requirements set forth above. The
term "Entrant" as used in these Official Rules shall be
deemed to refer to each eligible individual and/or team that submits
an entry.
ALL DEADLINES SET FORTH IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES ARE STATED IN PACIFIC
STANDARD TIME. EACH ENTRANT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE
CORRESPONDING TIME ZONE IN THE RESPECTIVE JURISDICTION.
3. HOW TO ENTER:
To enter, Entrants must develop and submit an original idea that meets
the goals set forth for the Contest. ( the "Proposal").
All Proposals must be submitted between January 23, 2008 at 12:00AM
Pacific Standard Time ("PST") and March 2, 2008 at 11:59PM
PST (the "Proposal Stage"), To submit a Proposal send a
plain text document included in or attached to an email sent to the
[EMAIL] alias within the OpenJDK community. The subject line of this
email must have the words "FINAL PROPOSAL" in it. Please
note that it is both acceptable and encouraged for draft proposals to
be submitted to this alias for discussion and suggestions from the
community, prior to submitting as a final Proposal. To be eligible,
the Proposal must meet each of the following requirements:
a. It must be an original idea that can be employed in the
OpenJDK Community with the potential to leverage and extend
the code base or Community infrastructure and features.
b. It must be carried out in accordance with the Community's
governance as set forth in the Charter
( http://openjdk.java.net/legal/charter/ ), and in the
procedures for group ( http://openjdk.java.net/groups/ ) and
project ( http://openjdk.java.net/projects/ ) initiation.
c. It must not exceed a maximum of 3000 words.
d. It may address or embody one or more of the following
project types, or any other project that fulfills the aims
of the Contest and meets the entry requirements:
(i) Develops and implements new APIs, language features,
tools, or implementation methodologies that extend the
applicability or use of the Java SE platform into new
markets, simplifies the development process and use of the
platform, improves performance, scalability, security, or
other implementation characteristics, or improves the
end-user experience. These ideas need not be formally
proposed as JSRs.
(ii) Implements a compatible, free software alternative to
a remaining bit of encumbered code or improves the quality
or performance of the free software alternatives that have
already been incorporated as part of the OpenJDK code base
to clear encumbrances.
(iii) Ports the OpenJDK code base to a new and interesting
OS and/or hardware architecture.
(iv) Establishes curricula, tools, and courseware that
leverages the OpenJDK code base in teaching computer
science, applied mathematics, or electrical engineering.
e. It must specifically call out any dependence on Sun
involvement/participation for success. For fairness,
Entries may have only limited dependence on Sun
involvement/participation and may not require a commitment
by Sun for significant time/effort for success. Dependence
on Sun includes required effort on the part of Sun
engineering in order to deliver code, information, or
assistance to an Entrant in order to successfully complete
a Proposal.
f. It must specifically describe what will constitute a
complete implementation of the Proposal. This description
will be used by the Judges to determine whether a
particular Finalist Proposal is complete and meets the
requirements to be awarded a Prize at the conclusion of the
Contest. For example, a Proposal might state that
completion will be determined by the Project containing
code that implements all of the features specified in the
Proposal ("feature complete" or alpha code
quality).
4. ADDITIONAL PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS:
Each Proposal must also comply with all of the following requirements:
a. The Proposal must be in English. Proposals in any other
language will not be considered.
b. Proposals that are lewd, obscene, sexually explicit,
pornographic, disparaging, defamatory, libelous, obscene,
or otherwise contain any inappropriate content or
objectionable material may be disqualified at any time in
the sole and unfettered discretion of the judges and/or the
Sponsor.
c. The Proposal must be the Entrant's original work,
created solely by the Entrant, and must not infringe the
copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other
intellectual rights of any person or entity.
d. All code, if any must be contributed to Sun under the
terms of the Sun Contributor Agreement (see
http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/contributor_agreement.jsp ).
e. All work on Proposals, including without limitation
communications among team members, and any source code or
information repositories associated with the Proposal must
be accessible to all developers visiting the OpenJDK
Project website, and must be done in the open.
f. The Proposal must not contain any commercial content or
logos of any entity other than Sponsor and Sun
Microsystems, Inc. which may be incorporated only under the
terms of any applicable licenses.
5. JUDGING OF PROPOSALS:
At the conclusion of the Proposal Stage, a panel of expert judges (the
"Judges") will select at least two and no more than seven
Proposals as the "Finalists" based on the following equally
weighted criteria:
a. Qualifications and prior experience of Entrants, including
project management expertise, demonstrated technical
knowledge, and proven experience working on F/OSS projects.
b. A documented project plan with specific measureable
milestones in support of the identified completion
criteria.
c. Usefulness to developers and users of the Java SE
platform. A Proposal should address a clear need that
otherwise is going unsatisfied for developers of Java SE
applications or libraries, or for end-users of the Java SE
platform.
d. Impact of the Proposal on achieving the top-level goals of
the OpenJDK Community, including spreading Java SE to new
markets, platforms, and uses, increasing the ease of
development and participation for the OpenJDK Community,
and demonstrating the innovation possible for the Java
platform under a Free software license.
The Finalists will be announced on or about March 17, 2008. The number
of Finalists to be selected will be determined by the Judges in their
sole and absolute discretion. In the event that no Proposals are
submitted that meet the criteria as set forth in these Official Rules
as determined by the Sponsor and/or the Judges in their sole
discretion, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the Contest and
not to award any prizes. In the event that more than one Proposal is
received with the same or nearly identical idea, only the first such
Proposal received will be eligible, based on the date of the first
draft submission of the Proposal to the Contest entry mailing list.
Finalists will be notified by email, telephone or postal mail, within
Sponsor's discretion. Decisions of Judges are final and
binding. [AT THIS POINT. ALL FINALISTS ENTERING THE PROJECT STAGE
SHOULD HAVE SIGNED WHAT THEY NEED TO SIGN INCLUDING AFFIDAVITS OF
ELIGIBILITY, RELEASES, ETC.]
6. THE PROJECT STAGE:
The Project Stage of the Contest will begin on March 18, 2008 at
12:00AM PST, and end on August 4, 2008 at 11:59PM PST (the
"Project Stage). During the Project Stage the selected Finalists
will be asked to and construct their Proposal (the
"Project") according to the specification of completeness
that is a part of the accepted Proposal. Completed Projects must be
submitted no later than August 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM PST by submitting
an email to the [EMAIL] alias of the OpenJDK Community with the words
"FINAL PROJECT" in the subject line. This email must
provide specific instructions for how to access code or other project
materials from source code repositories or websites, constituting the
entire Project implementation of a particular Finalist Proposal. Each
Project must use only open source and free software tools and
libraries with the exception of any non-free, encumbered binaries that
are a part of the OpenJDK code base. Each Project must also comply
with the requirements set forth herein applicable to the Proposal.
Projects must be completed and fully operational, as determined within
the sole discretion of the judges..
7. WINNER SELECTION:
All completed Projects submitted will be judged by the Judges in
accordance with the following criteria:
a. [50%] Degree to which the final Project implementation meets the
completion specification of the Proposal.
b. [30%] Technical merit of the Project implementation.
c. [20%] Value of the completed Project deliverables to others
in the OpenJDK Community to further the goals of
OpenJDK. This includes documentation, transparency of
development, and responsiveness to the comments,
suggestions, and critiques of others in the community.
The Projects will be ranked by the Judges based on the application of
the judging criteria. The highest ranking Project will be deemed the
First Prize Winner, the second highest ranking Project will be deemed
the Second Prize Winner and so forth in descending order, up to a
maximum of Seven Prize Winners. In the event of a tie the project
with the higher technical merit will win.
Winners will be notified of their prize ranking on or about August 18,
2008, by email, telephone or postal mail, within Sponsor's
discretion. Winners will be announced on or about August 18, 2008.
All decisions of judges are final and binding.
8. PRIZES:
A total prize package of $175,000 will be awarded. The $175,000 prize
package will be divided among all Winners in accordance with the chart
set forth below. The exact amount of each prize will depend on the
total number of eligible Projects submitted. For example, if three
eligible Projects are submitted, the First Prize Winner will receive
$75,000; the Second Prize Winner will receive $50,000 and the Third
Prize Winner will receive $50,000. Each prize amount, depending on
the number of eligible Projects is provided in the chart below:
Prize Ranks
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#complete 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
1 $175,000
2 $100,000 $75,000
3 $75,000 $50,000 $50,000
4 $75,000 $50,000 $25,000 $25,000
5 $75,000 $37,500 $37,500 $25,000 $25,000
6 $50,000 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000
7 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000
All other expenses not specified herein are the responsibility of the
winners. All costs associated with currency exchange are the sole
responsibility of the winners. ALL TAXES AND ANY APPLICABLE
WITHHOLDING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE WINNERS. In the event that a winning Project was submitted by a
team, the Prize will be divided equally among all team members.
The only prize for winning the Contest will be a cash award. Winning
Proposals and Projects will not, as a consequence of being selected as
Finalists or Prize Winners in the Contest, become a part of the Java
SE Specification nor be integrated into the OpenJDK code base as an
implementation component. New APIs must be submitted to the Java
Community Process (JCP) as a JSR, and be accepted according to the
JCP's rules in order to become a part of the Java SE
Specification. Projects completed as a part of the Contest will be
treated the same as any other code contributions to the OpenJDK
Project, and subject to the governance processes that control
acceptance and integration of code contributions.
THE PROPOSAL, PROJECT AND ALL OTHER INFORMATION AND BIOGRAPHICAL
MATERIAL SUBMITTED BY EACH ENTRANT AND/OR FINALIST ARE HEREINAFTER
COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS THE "ENTRY."
9. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION:
All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply.
Submission of Entry into this Contest constitutes Entrant's
agreement to be bound by the terms of these Official Rules and by the
decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters
pertaining to this Contest. Return of any Finalist/Prize Winner
notification may result in disqualification and selection of an
alternate Finalist/Prize Winner. Any potential Finalist or Prize
Winner who cannot be contacted within 15 days of first attempted
notification will forfeit the prize. Potential prize winner may be
required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability &
where legally permissible, a Publicity Release within 30 days
following the date of first attempted notification. Failure to comply
within this time period may result in disqualification and selection
of an alternate Prize Winner. By submitting an Entry each Entrant
hereby grants to the Sponsor and all users of OpenJDK Community a
royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive and
fully sub-licensable right and license under Entrant's
intellectual property rights to reproduce, modify, adapt, publish,
translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display
and use the Entry (in whole or part, Proposal and/or Project) and to
incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now
known or later developed, all subject to the obligation to retain any
copyright notices included in the Entry. By submitting an Entry,
Entrant hereby agrees to grant to Sponsor, and to any party who
receives such Entry, a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, no-charge,
royalty-free, patent license to make, have made, use, sell, offer to
sell, import and otherwise transfer the Entry,(in whole or in part,
Proposal and/or Project) where such license applies only to those
patent claims licensable by the Entrant that are covered by the Entry
alone or by combination of the Entry with the work to which such
Entries were submitted. No patent license is granted: (a) for any code
that Sponsor has deleted from the Entry; or (b) for infringements
caused by either: (i) third party modifications of the Entry, or (ii)
the combination of the Entry with other software or other devices if
such combination causes the infringement. Except as set forth above,
Entrant retains all right, title and interest in and to the Entry and
may use the Entry for his/her own purposes. The assignment and
licenses granted above are effective on the date the Entry was
submitted. These terms do not supersede any other assignment or grant
of rights according to any other separate agreements between Entrants
and other parties including the Sun Contributor Agreement (SCA). By
submitting an Entry, Entrants agree that Sponsor shall have the right
to use, copy, modify and make available the application or code in
connection with the operation, conduct, administration, and
advertising and promotion of the Contest via communication to the
public, including, but not limited to the right to make screenshots,
animations and video clips available to the public for promotional and
publicity purposes. Acceptance of the prize constitutes permission
for, and Prize Winner's consent to Sponsor, Sun and its
agencies to use the Prize Winner's name, likeness and/or
Entry, in whole or in part for advertising and promotional purposes
without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law. To the
extent permitted by law, entrants agree to hold Sponsor, Sun and each
of its parent, subsidiaries, agents, directors, officers, employees,
representatives, and assigns harmless from any injury or damage caused
or claimed to be caused by participation in the Contest and/or use or
acceptance of any prize won, except to the extent that any death or
personal injury is caused by the negligence of the Sponsor. Sponsor
and Sun are not responsible for any typographical or other error in
the printing of the offer, administration of the Contest or in the
announcement of the prize. An Entrant may be prohibited from
participating in this Contest if, in the Sponsor's sole
discretion, it reasonably believes that the Entrant has attempted to
undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest by cheating,
deception, or other unfair playing practices or annoys, abuses,
threatens or harasses any other Entrants, the Sponsor or associated
agencies.
10. NO RECOURSE TO JUDICIAL OR OTHER PROCEDURES:
To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, to seek
injunctive relief or to make any other recourse to judicial or any
other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in
connection with this Contest are hereby excluded, and any Entrant
expressly waives any and all such rights. In the event that a court of
competent jurisdiction finds the foregoing waiver unenforceable,
Entrants hereby consent to the jurisdiction and venue residing
exclusively within the federal or state courts in the state of
California, United States. Entrants agree that these Official Rules
are governed by the laws of California.
11. DATA PRIVACY:
Entrants agree that personal data, especially name and address, may be
processed, stored and otherwise used for the purposes and within the
context of the Contest and any other purposes outlined in these
Official Rules. The data may also be used by the Sponsor in order to
check Entrants' identity, their postal address and telephone
number, or to otherwise verify their eligibility to participate in the
Contest. Entrants have a right to access, review, rectify or cancel
any personal data held by the Sponsor by writing to Sponsor
(Attention: OpenJDK Community Innovator's Challenge Grants) at the
address listed below. If Entrant's data is not provided or
is canceled, Entrant's Entry will be ineligible. By
participating in the Contest, Entrants hereby agree to all personal
information uses and disclaimers as explained in Sponsor's
Privacy Policy found at http://www.sun.com/privacy/ . Participation in
the Contest further constitutes Entrant's full and
unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and
Sponsor's Privacy Policy and willingness to be contacted by
telephone and/or email. If Entrant is a French resident, by entering
the Contest such Entrant gives consent to the transfer of the personal
data outside the European Union in connection with the above purposes,
and that such data will be transferred to the United States.
12. WARRANTY AND INDEMNITY:
Entrants certify that their Entry is original and that they are the
sole and exclusive owner and right holder of the submitted Entry and
that they have the right to submit the Entry in the Contest. Each
Entrant agrees not to submit any Entry that (1) infringes any 3rd
party proprietary, intellectual property, industrial property,
personal rights or other rights, including without limitation,
copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or confidentiality
obligation; (2) includes any personally identifiable information or
(3) otherwise violates applicable law in any countries in the world.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Entrant indemnifies and
agrees to keep indemnified the Sponsor and Sun at all times from and
against any liability, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs and
expenses resulting from any act, default or omission of the Entrant
and/or a breach of any warranty set forth herein. To the maximum
extent permitted by law, each Entrant indemnifies and agrees to keep
indemnified the Sponsor and Sun at all times from and against any
liability, actions, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs and
expenses for or in respect of which the Sponsor or Sun will or may
become liable by reason of or related or incidental to any act,
default or omission by an Entrant under these Official Rules including
without limitation resulting from or in relation to any breach,
non-observance, act or omission whether negligent or otherwise,
pursuant to these official rules by an Entrant.
13. ELIMINATION:
Any false information provided within the context of the Contest by
any Entrant concerning identity, postal address, telephone number,
ownership of right or noncompliance with these rules or the like may
result in the immediate elimination of the Entrant from the Contest.
Sponsor further reserves the right at any time, including after
announcement of Finalists and/or Prize Winners to disqualify any Entry
that it believes in its sole and unfettered discretion infringes upon
or violates the rights of any third party or otherwise does not comply
with these Official Rules.
14. INTERNET:
Sponsor is not responsible for electronic transmission errors
resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in
operations or transmission. Sponsor is not responsible for theft or
destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of Entry
materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic,
computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any
kind. Sponsor is not responsible for inaccurate transmissions of or
failure to receive Entry information by Sponsor on account of
technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web
site or any combination thereof, except to the extent that any death
or personal injury is caused by the negligence of the Sponsor. If for
any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of
running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs,
tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures,
disruption or termination of the Contest site for any reason or any
other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security,
fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest. Sponsor
reserves the right at its sole discretion to immediately cancel,
terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right
to select winners from eligible entries received as of the termination
date. Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any individual
who tampers with the entry process. Caution: Any attempt by an
Entrant to deliberately damage any Web site or undermine the
legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and
civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the
right to seek damages from any such Entrant to the fullest extent of
the law.
15. SEVERABILITY:
If any provision(s) of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or
unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full
force and effect.
16. WINNER'S LIST:
For Winner's name, log onto http://openjdk.java.net on or
about August 18, 2008, available for a period of up to 60 days.
17. SPONSOR:
The Sponsor of this Contest is the OpenJDK Community, at
http://openjdk.java.net . Sun Microsystems, Inc., however, is funding
all of the prize awards. The official postal mail address of the
contest sponsor is:
OpenJDK Community Innovators' Challenge Grants
c/o Ray Gans
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
4220 Network Circle
Santa Clara, CA 95054
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