Official Rules

PLEASE READ THESE OFFICIAL RULES CAREFULLY. BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY FOR THIS CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE RULES. THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK, INC. ("SPONSOR").

  1. Eligibility. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To be eligible for the Slashdot T-Shirt Design Contest (the "Contest"), you must: (i) be eighteen (18) years of age or older; and (ii) be a legal resident of the United States.

    This Contest is for United States residents only. Residents of Vermont, Arizona, Tennessee and Puerto Rico are not eligible to participate in the Contest. Void in the U.S. Virgin Islands and U.S. military installations. Employees of the Sponsor, or any of Sponsor’s subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotional agencies, or members of any such employee's immediate families or households, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

  2. How To Enter. To enter, you must create a design (the "Design") in accordance with the "Rules For Uploading Graphics" located at: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/03/1441203
  3. Contest Period. A completed entry is referred to herein as an "Entry." To be eligible your Entry must be mailed by United States post with a date cancellation, or sent by electronic mail received by Sponsor, during the "Contest Period" which begins July 3, 2003 at 12:00 a.m. EDT and ends August 1, 2003 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. During the Contest Period, Sponsor will collect all complete and eligible Entries and submit the Entries to the judge described below to be judged in the manner set forth below. Only a complete Entry form that has been received during the Contest Period will be eligible for the Contest. In the event of a dispute over who submitted the winning entry, the holder of the e-mail account named in the winning Entry form will be deemed the winner.
  4. Number of Entries Deemed Eligible. You may enter only one Entry for the entire Contest Period.
  5. Disclaimer. Sponsor does not assume responsibility for any late, misdirected, delayed, lost, incomplete, scrambled or otherwise damaged Entries or for any hardware, software, browser, computer, online, network, electronic, human, telephone or technical malfunctions, difficulties or errors that may occur. Furthermore, Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Entries it deems, in its sole discretion, to be obscene, unlawful, threatening or otherwise inappropriate. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend the Contest or any portion thereof should any cause beyond Sponsor’s control disrupt, corrupt and or compromise the administration, security or proper play of the Contest or for any reason Sponsor deems such suspension necessary.
  6. Odds of Winning. The odds of winning the Contest will be determined solely by the number of Entries submitted and deemed eligible for the Contest.
  7. Prize Details. Prize Winner(s) will be selected by the Judge, on or around August 8, 2003, from all eligible entries received. Prize(s) shall consist of:
    1. A seventy-five dollar ($75.00) ThinkGeek Gift certificate, redeemable at www.thinkgeek.com, and
    2. Three (3) T-Shirts embodying the Design

    Prize(s) are non-transferable and non-exchangeable. Prize Winner(s) are solely responsible for all taxes that may be incurred as a result of winning the prize, including, without limitation, any and all state and federal income taxes. Prize Winner(s) are also solely responsible for any and all prize-related expenses not specified above. If a Prize Winner does not claim his or her Prize within three (3) days of the Sponsor’s notifying a Prize Winner that he or she has won a Prize, an alternative winner will be selected as set forth in Section 10 below. There will be no substitution of Prizes, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Prize Winners should allow approximately 90 days for delivery of the Prize.

  8. Judging; Criteria. The Judge shall be Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda. Prize Winners will be selected on the basis of merit as determined in the discretion of the Judge. Entries will be judged equally on the following criteria: 100% on the creativity/originality of the Design.
  9. Conditions. By submitting an Entry, you agree to be bound by these complete Official Rules, and the decisions of Sponsor and Judge, which shall be final and binding in all respects. All federal, state, and local laws apply. By submitting your Entry you hereby warrant and represent that all information provided by you as part of the Entry is true, accurate and complete, and that you are the sole creator of the Design, the Design is entirely your original work of authorship and that the Entry was not created at your job, using your employer's equipment or on your employer's time, or in any other manner that would result in your employer claiming intellectual property rights in the Design. You further agree to indemnify and release Sponsor, and Sponsor’s subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, agencies, agents and representatives and the officers, directors and employees of each from any and all liability for any claims, charges, injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by, resulting from or arising out of your participation in the Contest, or Sponsor’s use of the Entry, or any prize or your acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize.

    By submitting your Entry you hereby agree to the following terms: The Design will be deemed a "work made for hire", as that phrase is used in the United States copyright law, and all right, title and interest in and to the Design will vest automatically in Sponsor. To the extent the Design is not deemed to be a "work made for hire," You hereby assign, transfer and convey, and agree to further assign, transfer and convey, to Sponsor any and all your intellectual property rights in the Design.

    You hereby represent and warrant that you are eighteen (18) years of age or older and that you are free to enter into this agreement;

    You agree that if you are chosen as a Prize Winner you shall promptly sign any documents reasonably requested by Sponsor to evidence or perfect its rights in the Design, such as a hard copy of these Official Rules, before you are eligible to collect the Prize.

    Entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. This Contest shall be governed by California law. By participating in this Contest, entrants agree that California courts shall have jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Contest and that venue shall be only in California.

  10. Notification of Prize Winner(s). Once the Prize Winner(s) have been selected, Sponsor will contact the Prize Winner(s) via electronic mail. Sponsor shall use the email addresses that were provided to it on the Entry form and shall not be responsible for any changes of such addresses and has no duty to confirm the accuracy of such information before sending its notification to the Prize Winner(s). The Prize Winner(s) must contact Sponsor and accept the Prize within three (3) days from the day Sponsor send the notification. If only one Prize Winner is selected, and such Prize Winner fails to contact Sponsor and accept the Prize within the required period, Sponsor shall, in the same manner set forth above, notify the contestant that received the next highest score from the Judge. This contestant must contact Sponsor and accept the Prize within three (3) days of the date Sponsor sent the notification. If this contestant fails to contact Sponsor and accept the Prize, Sponsor shall repeat this process with the next highest score until the Prize is claimed. Sponsor is not responsible for any late, lost, delayed, incomplete or misdirected notifications.

    As a condition to winning a Prize, Sponsor may require the Prize Winner(s) to complete an affidavit of compliance and eligibility that states that such Prize Winner has complied with all of these Official Contest Rules and that such Prize Winner is eligible to receive the Prize. In addition, the Prize Winner(s) may be required to sign a liability release and a publicity release.

  11. Use of Your Identity and Name. You hereby agree to be bound by these Official Rules and that should you be deemed a Prize Winner, Sponsor and Sponsor’s designees may use your name, likeness, name of your company or affiliation, and any statements, quotes or testimonials, photographs, software, audio-files or other such materials provided by you or requested of you, for promotional and publicity purposes without further compensation.
  12. List of Prize Winner(s) and Additional Copies of the Rules. To receive additional copies of these Official Rules, or a Prize Winner list, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Open Source Development Network, Inc., 47071 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538; Attention Slashdot T-Shirt Design Contest. Specify Prize Winner list and/or Official Rules on your request. Replies will be sent after the completion of the Contest. Prize Winner list requests must be received within six (6) months of the end of the Contest Period.