Official Contest Rules
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. Entering
the contest:
a)
To enter the contest, you must complete the
online contest form on the Nokia, Qt Software website (contest.trolltech.com)
in its entirety. An entry must be
received no later than 11:59 p.m. CET on December 31, 2008 to be
eligible. Entry is deemed submitted by
the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of
entry. Only the first 1,000 eligible entries
received in each of 5 categories will be judged. Applications or widgets that do not
work upon loading are ineligible to win and will automatically be disqualified
from the contest. The Sponsor assumes no responsibility for computer system,
hardware, software, network program, or other errors, failures, or malfunctions
of any kind, whether human or technical in nature. Entry materials will not be
returned; however applicant retains all ownership in the program submitted.
b)
The on-line entry process will:
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Require a short description (no more than
100 words) of your approach to this application or widget
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A click to accept Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release documenting
that I assent to these official rules, certify the originality of my application
or widget, and assent to the use of my name and application or widget for
publicity purposes. A statement attesting that the submission is
original
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A 30 second video clip of you demonstrating
your application or widget. (Optional for residents of the P. R. China and Japan.)
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Your application or widget in binary format
for each supported platform
Entries may not infringe
on any trademarked or copyrighted material. Failure to attest to this on
official entry and on subsequent affidavit will void entrant’s eligibility. Entrants
will receive an auto-reply email confirming receipt of their entry. The Sponsor
reserves the right to verify the ownership and the originality of any entry
submitted before any prize is awarded.
c)
Only one entry per person or email address
may be submitted. No responsibility is assumed for incorrect or inaccurate
capture or transmission of entry information, including but not limited to
technical malfunctions, human error, lost/delayed data transmission, omission,
interruption, deletion, defect, line failure of any telephone network, computer
equipment, software or any combination thereof, or entry materials that have
been tampered with. Entry content will
not be returned or acknowledged (other than the auto-content reply); however,
entrants will retain all rights to their respective programs. All entries that
are altered, incomplete, or tampered with in any way will be disqualified. No
mechanical reproductions or facsimile entries will be accepted, and use of
automated devices to enter is prohibited.
d)
All entries must be written with the Qt Open
Source Edition licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
version 2 or the GNU General Public License version 3.
e)
By submitting your application to this site, you represent that you
have the full rights to upload your content and that uploading your content to
this site will not violate or infringe the rights of any third person,
including but not limited to, rights in copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade
secrets or other proprietary rights.
f)
Entries must be entrant's own original
creations, must not infringe on third party rights, must not have won previous
awards, must not have been posted on another web site prior to submission, and
must be suitable for publication. Winners may be required to sign an affidavit
to this effect.
g)
You further represent that you will not upload any content that is
defamatory, obscene, in violation of any law, or contains any viruses,
"worms", "trojan horses" or any other harmful or
destructive properties.
2. Eligibility
for entry:
a)
Contest winners are responsible for payment
of any taxes and compliance with any laws associated with winning prizes
according to their national, federal, provincial, state, and local legal
system. Contest entrants will not be
eligible for prizes if contests of this form are not legal according to their
national, federal, provincial, state, and local legal system. Nokia accepts no responsibility for entrants
who enter this contest, when it is illegal for them to do so.
b)
Employees of Nokia or any of its respective
subsidiaries, affiliates, retailers, sales representatives, distributors,
advertising or promotional agencies, and the household members of each, are not
eligible to enter the contest.
3. Selecting
winners:
A panel of qualified judges will review entries on
or about January 2009. Judges' decisions are final in all matters
relating to the contest. Entrants will be judged on the following criteria:
a)
Best Use of Qt:
The
extent to which the application or widget make use of Qt features
b)
Usefulness: The manner in which an application or widget
solves a problem.
c)
Coding Creativity: How does the application or widget
demonstrate a creative solution to a problem.
d)
Portability: Can the application or widget be used on
multiple desktop or embedded platforms?
e)
Bling Factor: Is the application or widget pimpalicious?
In
the event of a tie, the winner will be determined based on the highest score
for “Bling Factor”. Any further tie will
be judged on the following criteria: “Coding
Creativity”.
Any
attempts by an entrant to contact a contest judge regarding this contest will
automatically void that entrant's submittal.
4. Prizes:
a)
The following grand prize will be awarded to one winner: Segway i2
b)
The following secondary prizes will be awarded as follows:
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Three (3) Nokia N810 Internet Tablets
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One hundred (100) limited edition “Pimp My Widgets” t-shirts
An additional Nokia N810 Internet Tablet will be awarded for the best widget submission from the P. R. China and Japan.
5. Awarding
Prizes and Notifications:
a)
Winners will be notified via e-mail and via
the Nokia website on or about January 31, 2009.
b)
The winner may be required to sign and
return an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Liability/Publicity Release in
order to receive a prize. If an eligible minor wins a prize, it will
be awarded in the name of parent or legal guardian, who must complete and sign
affidavit on minor’s behalf. In the event that the declared winner¹s ownership
rights and originality of submission cannot be properly verified, or if the
Sponsor or its agents are unable to locate the winner, the winner will be
disqualified and the entry with the next highest score will become the
alternate winner.
c)
Prize is not redeemable for cash and cannot
be transferred or substituted by winner. Sponsor reserves the right to
substitute the prize with one of equal or greater value for any reason.
d)
For a list of winners (available after January
31, 2008), visit the Qt website (www.trolltech.com).
6.
Sponsor: Nokia Corporation
a) Sponsor reserves the right to
cancel or suspend this contest should virus, bugs, or other causes beyond
Sponsor's control corrupt the administration, security, or proper judging of
the contest.
b)
Entering this contest constitutes permission
(except where prohibited by law) for Sponsor, its agents and affiliated
companies to use winner’s name, likeness, biographical information,
and contest responses for promotional purposes without additional compensation.
By participating entrants agree to these official rules.
c) The official contest rules
are available on the Qt website (www.trolltech.com).
d)
Employees of Nokia
or any of its respective subsidiaries, affiliates, retailers, sales
representatives, distributors, advertising or promotional agencies, and the
household members of each, are not eligible to enter the contest.
e) To the extent permitted by
law, Nokia has no responsibility, obligation, or liability whatsoever with
respect to this promotion and is not liable for any injuries, losses or damages
of any kind, however it arises, caused by this promotion. All national,
federal, provincial/state and local laws and regulations apply. Offer void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited, taxed or otherwise
restricted under federal, state and local laws, rules or regulations. Finnish
law governs contest.
f)
You grant to Nokia the following rights to the content: (i) the right
to electronically publish and distribute text descriptions of your content in
all versions of Nokia’s Qt web site; the right to describe the content in
advertising and promotional materials. Nokia
reserves the right in its sole discretion under such future agreement to post
your software program on its website. Nokia will, when publishing the
descriptions of your content, include your name as the copyright owner.
g)
Finally, Nokia may
delete copies of your content on our computers or computers of our business
affiliates at any time and with or without reason.
Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release
I am
submitting this Affidavit of
Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release (“Affidavit/Release”) to Nokia
Corporation. ("Nokia”), with the understanding that it will be relied upon
by Nokia in connection with my having been awarded, subject to eligibility, a prize
(“Prize”) in the “Pimp My Widgets Contest” (the “Contest”), as such prize is
described in the Contest's Official Rules.
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I hereby represent and affirm
that I have read, have complied with, and will continue to comply with all
the rules, regulations, terms and conditions set forth in the Official
Rules; that all of the information I have provided and will provide to Nokia
has been and will be true, accurate, and complete; that I have not
perpetrated and will not perpetrate any fraud or deception in connection
with the Contest; and that I have not sought to influence the outcome of the
Contest other than by participating in the Contest as expressly permitted
in the Official Rules. I further represent that I am neither an employee
or agent of any of Nokia nor the immediate family member (spouse, mother,
father, sister, brother, daughter, or son) or member of the same household
(whether related or not) of any such employee or agent, and that I have
not participated in the Contest on behalf of any such employee or agent. Furthermore,
I represent that I am of legal age in my country of residence.
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I understand that Nokia or
their agents may be required to advise the United States Internal Revenue
Service or any other local tax authority of the value of the Prize awarded
to me in the form of a Form 1099 or similar.
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I
hereby confirm that my entry in the Contest is my own original creations,
does not infringe on third party rights, has not won previous awards, has
not have been posted on any website prior to submission in the Contest,
and is suitable for publication.
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I, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, MY
HEIRS, EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS, AND ANY OTHER PERSON(S) WHO MAY TAKE
BY OR THROUGH ME, HEREBY RELEASE, FOREVER DISCHARGE AND AGREE TO HOLD
HARMLESS NOKIA AND ALL OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARENT COMPANIES, SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCIES, AND EACH OF THEIR
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SHAREHOLDERS, AND ADVISORS
(COLLECTIVELY, “RELEASED PARTIES”), FROM AND AGAINST ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY
AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES AND LIABILITIES OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER
WHICH I MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER BE ENTITLED TO ASSERT, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO ANY DEATH, INJURY, LOSS OF ENJOYMENT, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR OTHER
HARM OR LOSS OF ANY NATURE, ANY CLAIMS BASED ON PUBLICITY RIGHTS, PRIVACY
RIGHTS, PERSONALITY RIGHTS, “MORAL RIGHTS,” OR DEFAMATION, AND ANY AND ALL
ANY TAXES LEVIED, ASSESSED OR COLLECTED, WHETHER CAUSED BY, CONTRIBUTED
TO, ARISING OUT OF, OR OTHERWISE RELATED TO THE CONTEST, THE PRIZE, OR MY
POSSESSION, ACCEPTANCE, USE, OR MISUSE THEREOF, OR MY OTHER ACTS OR OMISSIONS
IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
