The exact contest rules are here: http://in.sun.com/communities/univ/codeforfreedom/rules.jsp
And relevant parts: > ? > THE ENTRY: The participants can choose to develop an application of > their choice, which must be implemented using open source > technologies and development tools. The application must be > developed using either the Netbeans or Sun Studio development tools > and environment. These development tools may be downloaded, without > cost, at http://developers.sun.com. The application must also use at > least two Sun open source technologies such as OpenSolaris, > OpenOffice, GlassFish, MySQL, etc. A complete list of the Sun open > source technologies that may be used for this Contest, along with > instructions on how to download them for free is located > athttp://in.sun.com/codeforfreedom > (under the ?Technologies? tab). All applications along with their > source code and project descriptions must be hosted in the java.net > project site. > > Project Proposal: The participants must submit their Project > Proposal during the Proposal Period (ending on December 31, 2008), > which must include the participants' name, address, and contact > information, University name, contact information of a faculty > reference, project name and abstract, a working prototype and a > presentation (with not more than 20 slides) detailing the project > idea, a pointer to the project and source code repository (with > version stamp) on java.net and the names of the open source > technologies used. Each Project Proposal submission will be > qualified as a valid Entry after a review by the panel of judges > determines, in their sole discretion, that the Entry meets the > minimum submission requirements described above to participate in > the contest. The participants should proceed with submitting the > final project implementation only after the project proposal is > approved as a qualifying entry. > > Final Project Entry: Approved Participants must submit their Final > Project Entry during the Final Project Period (ending on April 30, > 2008), which must include the participants' name, University name, > project name, the pointer to the project and source code repository > (with version stamp) on java.net, and a presentation (with not more > than 20 slides) to demonstrate the usage and features of the final > project. > > All Entries must be in English. Registration or Entries that are in > any other language will not be considered. Entries that are lewd, > obscene, pornographic or disparage the Sponsor will be disqualified > at the Sponsor?s sole discretion. > > ? > JUDGING: All Entries will be judged by a panel of experts based on > the following judging criteria, listed in order of importance: > - Validity and completeness of the entries, including quality of the > code > - Innovation and usefulness of the application developed > - Ease-of-use of the application > - Documentation provided > - Number of Sun open source technologies used in the implementation > > In the event of a tie, the individual person or team among the tied > Entries with the most complete and highest quality Entry will be > declared the winner. The Entries will be judged fairly and strictly > in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Contest, and no > arbitrary grant of prizes will be made. The faculty reference will > be contacted to verify the authenticity of the work before winners > are announced. Decisions of judges are final and binding. Winners > will be notified by email. ~Joe On Sep 24, 2008, at 6:11 PM, Bonnie Corwin wrote: > FYI for sponsors - we are trying to ascertain exactly what the contest > rules are this year and whether there will be any requests made to the > sponsor program. It is well understood that last year's contest > caused > significant problems, and we will do everything we can to make sure > those are not repeated. > > Thanks. > > Bonnie > > On 09/23/08 06:06 PM, S h i v wrote: >> Last year when the contest was done in India, the limits of >> request-sponsor process was put to test. >> Sending a notification for people to take note & check if the >> internal >> machinery is geared for similar requests as before ! >> >> (just forwarding the notification & I am not in anyway involved in >> either the contest or the request-sponsor process) >> >> -Shiv >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Ashwin Bhat <ashwinbhatks at gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:57 PM >> Subject: [ug-bosug] [OT] Code for Freedom Contest for Students >> To: Bangalore OpenSolaris User Group <ug-bosug at opensolaris.org> >> >> FYI >> >> Here's a chance to Contribute using Open Source Technologies and win >> loads of prizes. >> Contest Home Page - >> http://in.sun.com/communities/univ/codeforfreedom/index.jsp >> _______________________________________________ >> request-sponsor mailing list >> request-sponsor at opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > request-sponsor mailing list > request-sponsor at opensolaris.org
