OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. PARTICIPATION IN DEVTOBERFEST CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE RULES.
The Devtoberfest 2020 Contest (“Contest”) is a skill contest during SAP TechEd 2020 (the "Event") where entrants will use one or more SAP products to create a non-commerical license open source project (or major contribution to an existing project) on Github.com (or any public, git-compatible site) for a problem that Sponsor poses at the beginning of the Contest Period. The problem will be the same for all open source projects – to build something (a tool, sample, reusable library) that improves the lives of your fellow SAP developers.
Eligible entrants may participate in the Devtoberfest from October 23, 2020 at 6:30 PM to November 2nd 8, 2020 at approximately 12:01 AM Pacific Time (the “Contest Period”).
Each contributor (as defined by the open source license your project chooses to use) to the open source repository must individually meet the Eligibility Criteria described in Section 4, below.
Entrants must (i) be eighteen (18) years or older; (iii) be a registered member of the SAP Community Network (“SCN”); and (iv) be a contributor as described above in Section 3 (“Participant(s)”). YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN A COUNTRY EMBARGOED BY THE UNITED STATES OR IF YOU ARE ON THE U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT’S LIST OF SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS. Individuals who are employees, officers or directors of SAP (“Sponsor”) and its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and advertising and promotion agencies (collectively, “Contest Entities”), and the immediate family members (spouses, domestic partners and parents, children and siblings and their spouses or domestic partners, regardless of where they live) or members of the same households (whether related or not) of such individuals are not eligible to win prizes but may participate . SAP reserves the right to verify eligibility and to adjudicate on any dispute at any time. The Contest is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and is void where prohibited. Participants in the Contest agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor.
If a Participant or Team is entering as part of a business entity, corporation, or other legal entity (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Business Entity”), Participant warrants that the appropriate corporate officers, executives, managers or other persons who have the authority to approve Participant’s entry into this Contest have approved Participant’s entry and the Participant understands that these terms will be binding on both the Participant and his/her business entity. Furthermore, the Participant understands that if the Participant enters without obtaining the appropriate approval, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, disqualify the entry.
To enter, each Participant must enroll in Devetoberfest. Each Entry and contributor must use one or more SAP Software products to develop a working solution to the problem that is non-commerical license open source project (or major contribution to an existing project) on Github.com (or any public, git-compatible site) during the Contest Period (“Eligible Entry”).
All decisions by SAP are final and absolute and are not subject to inquiry or appeal. Any expenses Participants incur during the submission process are their sole responsibility.
- Be created by a Participant during the Contest Period at the Event or be significant enhancements to existing open source projects;
- Prior work on non-code items such as design, logo, wireframes, idea validation, digital mockups and the like are permitted;
- Make use of one or more SAP Software products.
- Be released on Github.com (or any public, git-compatible site) as a non-commerical license open source project – allowed licenses listed here: https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical
For the Devtoberfest Contest, each Eligible Entry will be judged by a panel of three to five judges (each a “Judge”). On November 2st , 2020, during a window of time selected by Sponsor (the “Review Period”), Judges will review the Eligible Entries and any demonstration or presentation of the Eligible Entries and select the potential winning Participants. The six (6) Participants with the best Eligible Entries, as determined by the Judges, will be named the finalast of the Devetoberfest Contest and proceed on to the final community vote at SAP TechEd event.
Judges will evaluate Eligible Entries on the following criteria:
- How relevant/helpful is your solution to other SAP developers
- No commercial license
- How well does it utilize the key SAP technologies
- How much of its was actually built during the event and how much was reuse. Existing projects are allowed, but judging will focus on commits done during the Contest Period.
- Technological fascination. Innovative use of technology. Use of multiple types of technology. Use of popular trending technology.
- Entertainment value. Does the presentation grab your attention? Does it stand out compared to others? Does it tell a story that is memorable?
- Only pull requests/commits from users who have met the individual eligibility requirements in section 4 will be considered.
Each Eligible Entry will be judged by the audience who will vote through the SAP TechEd web site. The Eligible Entry receiving the most votes through the application will be deemed the winner.
Intellectual property rights in each Eligible Entry (including moral rights) shall be governed by the applicable open source license chosen by the Entrant(s).
By entering the Contest, Participants represent and warrant that their Eligible Entries as originally submitted for the creation of the open source project (or such components that they contribute to a team’s Eligible Entry) are their own original work and, as such, they are the sole and exclusive owner and rights holder of the submitted entry and that they have the right to submit the Eligible Entry in the Contest. Each Participant agrees that any outside data, tools, materials, or information used, were used with permission, or in accordance with all applicable laws for the purpose of entering the Contest. Each Participant agrees not to submit any entry that infringes any third party proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, personal or moral rights or any other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, publicity, confidentiality obligations.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Participant agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Contest Entities from and against any and all claims, actions, suits or proceedings, as well as any and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or accruing from (i) any entry or other material submitted by the Participant that infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, trade dress, patent or other intellectual property right of any person; (ii) any misrepresentation made by the Participant in connection with the Contest; or (iii) any non-compliance by the Participant with these Official Rules.
By participating in the Contest, Participants: (i) agree, to the fullest extent of the law, to release and hold harmless Sponsor, and its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the Contest, and (ii) grant to Sponsor the right to use and publish their proper name and state or province and/or country, statements, photograph, voice and/or likeness for any advertising and promotional purposes relating to the Contest, in any media now known or hereafter devised, without further notice, compensation, consideration, review or consent and without regard to moral rights, except where prohibited by law.
Sponsor assumes no responsibility or liability for the following: (i) telephone or technical malfunctions that may occur; (ii) any incorrect or inaccurate information, any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, or any technical or human error which may occur in connection with the Contest; or (iii) any injury or damage to participants related to or resulting from participating in the Contest. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including because of, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, force majeure, or any other cause beyond the control of Sponsor, which may corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to change these Official Rules at any time, with or without notice.
By participating in the Contest, Participant consents to the collection, use and disclosure of Participant’s personal information as described at https://www.sap.com/corporate/en/legal/terms-of-use.html?view=PP.
These Official Rules are governed and interpreted by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
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