Quick Base Hackathon Official Rules – (the “Official Rules”) 

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.  

Hackathon Name: Quick Base Virtual Hackathon (the “Hackathon”)

Hackathon Website: quickbase.devpost.com (the “Hackathon Website”)

1. POSTER & ADMINISTRATOR

Poster (the “Poster”): QuickBase, Inc., 150 Cambridgepark Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140

The Poster is the sponsor and entity responsible for the Hackathon.

Administrator (the “Administrator”): Devpost, Inc. (“Devpost”), 222 Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10038.

2. DATES AND TIMING 

Hackathon Submission Period: September 21, 2020 (10:00am Eastern Time) – November 16, 2020 (5:00pm Eastern Time) (the “Hackathon Submission Period”)

Judging Period: November 19, 2020 (10:00am Eastern Time) – December 9, 2020 (5:00pm Eastern Time) (the “Judging Period”)

Winners Announced: On or around December 16, 2020 (2:00pm Eastern Time) [Update: Winner announcement date changed from Dec. 15, 2020 on 11/18/2020]

The Administrator will be the official timekeeper for the Hackathon.

3. ELIGIBILITY

A. The Hackathon IS open to: 

• An individual (including current and former Quick Base customers and current and former Quick Base partners) who are at least the age of majority where they reside as of the time of entry (“Eligible Individual”) (*NOTE: The age of majority is the threshold of adulthood as recognized or declared by law. Most countries set the age of majority at 18.).

• A team of Eligible Individuals (“Team”)

• An Organization (including current and former Quick Base customers, current and former Quick Base partners, corporations, not-for-profit corporations and other nonprofit organizations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other legal entities) that exist and have been organized or incorporated at the time of entry

(the above are collectively, “Maker” or “Makers”; where context requires, “Maker” shall refer to any Eligible Individual, Team or Organization that participates in the Hackathon)

An Eligible Individual may join more than one Team or Organization and an Eligible Individual who is part of a Team or Organization may also enter the Hackathon on an individual basis.  

If a Team or Organization is entering the Hackathon, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and enter a Submission, on their behalf. The Representative must meet the eligibility requirements above. By entering a Submission on the Site on behalf of a Team or Organization you represent and warrant that you are the Representative authorized to act on behalf of your Team or Organization.

B. The Hackathon IS NOT open to: 

• Makers who are residents of, or Organizations domiciled in, a country, state, province or territory where the laws of the United States or local law prohibits participating or receiving a prize in the Hackathon (including, but not limited to, Brazil, Quebec, and Cuba, Sudan, Iran, North Korea, Syria and any other country designated by the United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control)

• Organizations involved with the design, production, paid promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon

• Employees, representatives and agents of such organizations, and all members of their immediate family or household*

• Any other individual involved with the design, production, promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, and each member of their immediate family or household*

• Any Judge (defined below), or company or individual that employs a Judge

• Any other individual or organization whose participation in the Hackathon would create, in the sole discretion of the Poster and/or Administrator, a real or apparent conflict of interest

• *The members of an individual’s immediate family include the individual’s spouse, children and stepchildren, parents and stepparents, and siblings and stepsiblings. The members of an individual’s household include any other person that shares the same residence as the individual for at least three (3) months out of the year.

Additional prize-specific eligibility requirements are stated below in Section 7.

4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Makers must do the following to participate in the Hackathon: 

• Register for the Hackathon on the Hackathon Website by clicking the “Join this Hackathon” button. To complete registration, sign up to create a Devpost account, or log in with an existing Devpost account. There is no charge for creating a Devpost account. This will enable you to receive important updates and access the “Enter a Submission” page.

• Use 

• A free Quick Base Builder Account to create the Solution. Maker can open a free Builder Account at https://www.quickbase.com/builder-hackathon or use an existing Builder Account. 

• A paid Quick Base account. The Solution may be created in a paid Quick Base account if 1) Solution is being submitted on behalf of the Organization that owns the paid account and 2) Maker understands that paid accounts (and their contents, including any Solution hosted on such paid accounts) are subject to the governing agreement between Quick Base and the organization including but not limited to contracted entitlements, intellectual property provisions, etc. 

• Build your Solution using the Quick Base low-code platform. Your Solution must be new and include one or more of these components:

• Quick Base Application

• Quick Base Pipelines

• Use of Quick Base APIs: XML or RESTful

• Add-on code to extend Quick Base functionality

• Give access to your Solution to allow judges to review it.

• If there are app(s) in your Solution, invite the service user QBHackathon2020@quickbase.com to your realm and add the user as an admin to all apps in your Solution.  Access will be used only for Solution review and testing.

• If you have Pipeline(s) in your Solution, your submission should include the numerical CSR code for all pipelines on the Submission Form. 

• If your Solution includes Add-on code, your code repository may be public or private. If public, include a link to your solution code hosted on GitHub or another code repository sharing service. If private, access must be given to testing@devpost.com and QBHackathon2020@quickbase.com. Code will be used only for solution review and testing. Include deployment files and testing instructions needed for testing your solution.

• Create a video that includes footage that clearly explains your application’s features and functionality through a comprehensive demonstration.

• Complete and enter all of the required fields on the “Enter a Submission” page of the Hackathon Website(each a “Submission”) during the Hackathon Submission Period, and follow the requirements below 

A. Language Requirements 

All Submission materials must be in English or, if not in English, the Maker must provide an English translation of the demonstration video, text description, and testing instructions as well as all other materials submitted. 

B. Solution Requirements

(i) What to Create: Makers must build new software using the Quick Base low-code platform that helps organizations and communities address their biggest challenges. (each a “Solution”).

(ii) Functionality: The Solution must be capable of being successfully installed and running consistently on the platform for which it is intended, and must function as depicted in the video and/or expressed in the text description.

(iii) Platforms: A submitted Solution must run on at least one of the following:

• a smartphone or tablet (iOS or Android)

• a web browser (mobile or desktop)

• a desktop computer (Windows PC, Mac Desktop)

• other hardware (including, but not limited to, wearable technology, open source hardware, or proprietary hardware) 

(iv) New: Solution must be newly created by the Maker after the start of the Hackathon Submission Period.

(v) Testing: The Maker must make the Solution available free of charge and without any restriction, for testing, evaluation and use by the Poster, Administrator and judges during the Hackathon and until the Judging Period ends. 

If the Solution includes software that runs on proprietary or third party hardware that is not widely available to the public, including software running on devices or wearable technology other than smartphones, tablets, or desktop computers, the Sponsor and/or Administrator reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to require the Maker to provide physical access to the Solution hardware upon request.  

For Solutions running on widely available smartphones, tablets, or desktop computers, Makers may make their Solutions available using one of the following methods: 

a. Android Solutions: Upload an .apk file on the Enter a Submission form or provide a link for downloading the Solution in the “Testing Instructions” field on the Enter a Submission form.

b. iOS Solutions: 

• If your Solution is available on the iTunes App Store provide a link in the “Website URL” field on “Enter a Submission” form. If you charge a fee for downloading your Solution, you must provide a promo code.

• If your Solution is not yet publicly available on the iTunes App Store, you must send a test build to the Administrator before the end of the Hackathon Submission Period using iTunes Connect. Enter the Administrator’s email address to share a build for testing. The Administrator’s iTunes account email is: testing@devpost.com.

• Administrator UDID: iPhone 8 (iOS 13.3.1) a2d30c918b5b7184172fe7c000caa2241d9cb710 

c. Web/Mobile Web: Provide a link for accessing your Solution on the “Testing Instructions” field on the Enter a Submission form.

(vi) Public Distribution: The Maker may make the Solution available to the public via a website or online store, but is not required to do so; any use of the Quick Base platform in a Solution that is publicly distributed is subject to the Quick Base Terms of Service. A Maker interested in doing so is encouraged to discuss with Poster.

(vii) Multiple Submissions: A Maker may submit more than one Submission, however, each Submission must be unique and substantially different from each of the Maker’s other Submissions, as determined by the Poster and/or the Administrator.

(viii) SDKs, APIs, & Data:Applications may integrate SDKs, APIs and data, provided the Maker is authorized to use them and is authorized to grant QB the right to use them. Submissions should only include data that Maker has the right to make public. 

(ix) Intellectual Property:Your Submission must: (a) be your (or your Team or Organization’s) original work product; (b) be solely owned by you, your Team, or your Organization with no other person or entity having any right or interest in it; in addition you hereby grant Quick Base the right to access, use and promote your Submission (in whole or in part); and (c) not infringe upon or violate the intellectual property rights or other rights including but not limited to copyright, trademark, patent, contract, and/or privacy rights, of any other person or entity. A Maker may submit a Submission that includes the use of open source software or hardware, provided the Maker complies with applicable open source licenses (including but not limited to attribution requirements) and, as part of the Submission, creates software that enhances and builds upon the features and functionality included in the underlying open source product. By entering the Hackathon you represent, warrant, and agree that your Submission meets the requirements set out in this Section.

(x) Financial or Preferential Support: A Solution must not have been developed, or derived from an Solution developed, with financial or preferential support from the Poster or Administrator. Such Solutions include, but are not limited to, those that received funding or investment for their development, were developed under contract, or received a commercial license, from the Poster or Administrator any time prior to the end of Hackathon Submission Period. The Poster, at their sole discretion, may disqualify a Solution, if awarding a prize to the Solution would create a real or apparent conflict of interest.

C. Text Description, Image, and Video Requirements 

(i) Text Description:The text description should explain the features and functionality of your Solution.

(ii) Images: The image(s) should be photographs or screenshots of your working Solution. 

(iii) Video: The required video portion of the Submission: 

a. should be three (3) to five (5) minutes;

b. must include footage that clearly explains the Solution’s features and functionality through a comprehensive demo of the software; 

c. must be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook Video, or Youku, and a link to the video must be provided on the submission form on the Hackathon Website; and

d. must not include third party trademarks, or copyrighted music or other material unless the Maker has permission to use such material. 

D. Submission Modifications

i. Draft Submissions: Prior to the end of the Submission Period, you may save draft versions of your Submission on Devpost to your portfolio before submitting the Submission materials to the Competition for evaluation. Once the Submission Period has ended, you may not make any changes or alterations to your Submission, but you may continue to update the project in your Devpost portfolio.

ii. Modifications after the Submission Period. The Poster may permit you to modify part of your Submission after the Submission Period for the purpose of removing material that potentially infringes a third party mark or right, discloses personally identifiable information, or is otherwise inappropriate; it is your sole responsibility to verify your Submission and you acknowledge that Poster is under no obligation to review Submissions for/ notify you of infringing, personal, or other inappropriate material. The modified Submission must remain substantively the same as the original Submission with the only modification being what the Poster permits. 

5. SUBMISSION RIGHTS

A. Maker Rights: Subject to the licenses described below, any applicable intellectual property rights to a Submission will remain with the Maker. Any modification to the ownership rights shall be upon separate written agreement between the Maker and Poster. 

B. Poster Rights:  By entering the Hackathon, you grant to the Poster, Administrator, and any other third parties acting on the Poster’s behalf, a royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable license to display publicly and use for promotional purposes the Submission, in perpetuity. This license includes, but is not limited to, posting or linking to the Submission on Poster’s, Administrator’s, and partners’ websites and applications, including the Hackathon Website, and display and promotion of the Submission in any other media, worldwide. 

C. Submission Display: The following Submission components may be displayed to the public: name, tagline, text description, images, video URL, website URL, team members, the Submission category and platform, submitter type and images and videos of the Solution. Other Submission materials may be viewed by the Poster, Administrator, and Judges for screening and evaluation.

D. Makers represent and warrant that the Poster, Administrator, and Hackathon partners are free to use Makers’ Submission in the manner described above, as provided or as modified by the Administrator, without obtaining permission or license from any third party and without any compensation to Makers.

6. JUDGING

A. Judges: Eligible Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by the Poster (the “Judges”).  Judges may be employees of the Poster or external, may or may not be listed individually on the Hackathon Website, and may change before or during the Judging Period. Judging may take place in one or more rounds with one or more panels of Judges, at the discretion of the Poster.

B. Criteria: The Judges will score eligible Submissions using the following equally weighted criteria (the “Judging Criteria”):

1. Originality of the Idea: How original is the problem you are trying to solve? How creative is the solution in terms of addressing the problem? 

2. Scope & Impact: How big is the problem you are trying to solve? To what extent can it help organizations or communities address their most pressing challenges? How practical is the implementation of the solution in the real world? 

3. Implementation: How well is the solution executed? Does it demonstrate technical elegance and creativity? Is it scalable? How sophisticated is the use of Quick Base?

The Maker(s) that are eligible for a Prize, and whose Submissions earn the highest overall scores based on the applicable Judging Criteria, will become potential winners of that Prize.

C.  Submission Review: JUDGES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO TEST THE APPLICATION AND MAY CHOOSE TO JUDGE BASED SOLELY ON THE TEXT DESCRIPTION, IMAGES AND VIDEO PROVIDED IN THE SUBMISSION. 

D. Tie Breaker: For each Prize listed in Section 7 below, if two or more Submissions are tied, the tied Submission with the highest score in the first applicable criterion listed above will be considered the higher scoring Submission. In the event any ties remain, this process will be repeated, as needed, by comparing the tied Submissions’ scores on the next applicable criterion. If two or more Submissions are tied on all applicable criteria, the panel of Judges will vote on the tied Submissions.

7. PRIZES

Categories: 

• Overall – Open to All Eligible Makers, excluding any Maker who qualifies to participate in the Partner Category. 
• Partner –  Open to all companies who are part of the Quick Base Solution Provider (QSP) program or Makers who are currently employed by a QSP. Any team that includes an employee of a QSP must submit to the Partner category.

IMPORTANT NOTES ON PRIZE ELIGIBILITY:

• The same eligible Submission may win one Overall Ranked Prize and one Overall Bonus Prize.

• Each Maker may only win one of the top 10 Overall Ranked Prizes regardless of the number of eligible Submissions they submit. A Maker may win a Top 10 Overall Ranked Prize and additional Silver, Bronze, and Bonus Prizes for different eligible solutions.

• To be eligible for Overall Bonus prizes, the appropriate features must be used:

  • Best Use of Quick Base Features: The Quick Base platform has a wealth of built in capabilities such as personalized dashboards, form design and customization, a formula language, notifications and subscriptions – the list is too long to list them all here. This prize will reward the solution that best demonstrates creativity and imagination, as well as technical elegance, in the use of native Quick Base features. As an example, if you are using a formula field, we will be looking for creativity, elegance, readability, accuracy and performance. 

• Best Use of Pipelines: Quick Base Pipelines enables you to quickly connect data, integrate your systems, and orchestrate automated workflows using simple business logic, all within one unified platform. This prize will reward a solution where Pipelines are used to automate a complex workflow by integrating various systems with Quick Base. We will be looking at:

• How well is the solution addressing a current integration and workflow challenge? 

• The soundness of the Pipeline(s)’s design: Is the Pipeline built in the most efficient way? Is it minimizing the use of step runs? Is it easy to maintain?

• The effective use of built in channels such as Bucket, JSON handler, Callable Pipelines, and many others.  

• The complexity of the solution: number of integrated systems and complexity of the business logic. 

• Pipelines Resources: About Quick Base Pipelines and So You Want to Learn Pipelines

• Best Use of APIs: Quick Base provides a powerful way to connect to your data and Quick Base applications via APIs. We support both XML based APIs and RESTful JSON APIs. This prize will reward a solution that uses our APIs in the most creative and exhaustive way.

• XML APIs Resources: https://help.quickbase.com/api-guide/intro.html

• RESTful APIs Resources: https://developer.quickbase.com/

• Best Microsoft Integration: Microsoft is embedded in the modern workplace more so than any other set of tools. Office, SharePoint, Dynamics, Power BI, OneDrive, and others each provide powerful and unique functionality, but extending those systems to be agile and respond quickly can be challenging. Enter Quick Base. The Quick Base platform has the distinctive ability to connect a variety of systems, allowing you to aggregate vital information from the Microsoft suite, providing real-time insights into operational data. This prize will reward the solution that best extends or integrates with Microsoft tools in a way that provides demonstrable value. We will look at the originality, scope, impact, and implementation of the integration when selecting the winner.

  • Quick Base Power BI Connector 

  • Microsoft Pipelines Channels

  • OneDrive

  • SharePoint

  • Outlook

  • Generic Pipelines Channels

  • CSV Handler

  • JSON Handler

  • Webhooks

  • Microsoft APIs 

  • Office 365 APIs

  • SharePoint APIs

  • Quick Base APIs

• Quick Base to Microsoft Resources:

8. VERIFICATION OF POTENTIAL WINNERS

A. Verification Requirement: THE AWARD OF ANY PRIZE T IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION OF THE IDENTITY, QUALIFICATIONS AND ROLE OF EACH  (I) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL MAKER (II) EACH ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL ON A TEAM (III) EACH ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL IN AN ORGANIZATION WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CREATION OF THE SUBMISSION (, THE “POTENTIAL WINNER(S)”). The final decision to designate a winner shall be made by the Poster and/or Administrator. 

B. Required Forms: Potential winners will be notified using the email address associated with the Devpost account used to enter the Submission (e.g. the Representative’s account in the case of a Team or Organization). In order to receive a Prize, the Potential Winners will be required to sign and return to the Poster or Administrator, affidavit(s) of eligibility (or a similar verification document) and liability/publicity release(s), and any applicable tax forms (“Required Forms”). Failing to follow the requirements of this section will result in forfeiture of any Prize.

Deadline for Returning Required Forms: ten (10) business days after the Required Forms are sent.

C. Disqualification: The Poster and/or Administrator may deem a potential winner (or participating team members) ineligible to win if: 

(i) the Potential Winner’s Representative or any participating member does not respond to multiple emails or fails to sign and return the Required Forms by the deadline listed above, or responds and rejects the Prize;  

(ii) the Prize or Prize notification is returned as undeliverable; or  

(iii) the Submission or the potential winner, or any member of a potential winner’s Team or Organization, is disqualified for any other reason (including disqualifying information discovered after the judging period closes).  

In the event of a disqualification, the Poster and/or Administrator may (but is not obligated to) award the applicable Prize to an alternate potential winner. 

9. PRIZE DISTRIBUTION

A. Substitutions & Changes: The Poster has the right to make a Prize substitution of equivalent or greater value. The Poster will not award a Prize if there are no eligible Submissions entered in the Hackathon, or if there are no eligible Makers or Submissions for a specific Prize. 

B. Prize Delivery: Prizes will be payable to the Potential Winner’s Representative. It will be the responsibility of the Representative to allocate the prize among their Team or Organization’s participating members, as the Representative deems appropriate. Prizes are payable via any means of the Sponsor or Administrator's choosing, whether electronic or not, and are payable only after receipt and verification of the Winner Documents and any other required forms. Representative may be required to provide a mailing address, bank information, and/or create an account with an electronic payment provider of the Sponsor or Administrator’s choosing in order to receive payment.

Failure to provide correct information on the Required Forms, or other correct information required for the delivery of a Prize, may result in delayed Prize delivery, disqualification or the Maker/ Team, or forfeiture of a Prize.

C. Prize Delivery Timeframe: Within 60 days of the Poster or Administrator’s receipt of the Required Forms

D. Fees & Taxes: Winners (and in the case of Team or Organization, all participating members) are responsible for any fees associated with receiving or using a prize, including but not limited to, wiring fees. Winners (and in the case of Team or Organization, all participating members) are responsible for reporting and paying all applicable taxes in their jurisdiction of residence (federal, state/provincial/territorial and local). Winners may be required to provide certain information to facilitate receipt of the award, including completing and submitting any tax or other forms necessary for compliance with applicable withholding and reporting requirements. United States residents are required to provide a completed form W-9 and residents of other countries are required to provide a completed W-8BEN form. Winners are also responsible for complying with foreign exchange and banking regulations in their respective jurisdictions and reporting the receipt of the Prize to relevant government departments/agencies, if necessary. THE POSTER, ADMINISTRATOR, AND/OR PRIZE PROVIDER RESERVE THE RIGHT TO WITHHOLD A PORTION OF THE PRIZE AMOUNT TO COMPLY WITH THE TAX LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OR OTHER POSTER JURISDICTION, OR THOSE OF A WINNER’S JURISDICTION. 

10. ENTRY CONDITIONS AND RELEASE

A. By entering the Hackathon, you (and, if you are entering on behalf of a Team or Organization each participating members) agree(s) to the following:

(i) The relationship between you, the Maker, and the Poster and Administrator, is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship.

(ii) You will be bound by and comply with these Official Rules and the decisions of the Poster, Administrator, and/or the Hackathon Judges which are binding and final in all matters relating to the Hackathon.

(iii) You release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Poster, Administrator, Promotion Entities, and their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, the Prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Hackathon, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (hereafter the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a Maker’s entry, creation of Submission or entry of a Submission, participation in the Hackathon, acceptance or use or misuse of the Prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, transmission, performance, exploitation or use of the Submission as authorized or licensed by these Official Rules. 

B. Without limiting the foregoing, the Released Parties shall have no liability in connection with: 

(i) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by the Poster or Administrator’s electronic or printing error, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Hackathon; 

(ii) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines, internet connectivity or electronic transmission errors, or network hardware or software or failure of the Hackathon Website;

(iii) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Hackathon; 

(iv) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Hackathon or the processing of Submissions; or 

(v) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the Maker’s participation in the Hackathon or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize.

The Released Parties are not responsible for incomplete, late, misdirected, damaged, lost, illegible, or incomprehensible Submissions or for address or email address changes of the Makers. Proof of sending or submitting will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by the Poster or Administrator.

If for any reason any Maker’s Submission is determined to have not been received or been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, the Maker’s sole remedy is to request the opportunity to resubmit its Submission. Such request must be made promptly after the Maker knows or should have known there was a problem, and in any case prior to the end of the judging period, and will be determined at the sole discretion of the Poster.

11. PUBLICITY

By participating in the Hackathon you grant Poster the right to the use of personal information about you, by the Poster, Administrator, and third parties acting on their behalf. Such personal information includes, but is not limited to, your name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, comments, employer/ education, and hometown and country of residence. It may be used in any existing or newly created media, worldwide without further payment or consideration or right of review, unless prohibited by law. Authorized use includes advertising and promotional purposes. 

This paragraph applies, as applicable, to all members of a Maker’s Team, or Organization that participated in the winning Submission.

12. GENERAL CONDITIONS

 A. Poster and Administrator reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Hackathon, or any part of it, in the event of a technical failure, fraud, or any other factor or event that was not anticipated or is not within their control.

B.  Poster and Administrator reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any individual or Maker it finds to be actually or presenting the appearance of tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Hackathon or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in a manner that is inappropriate, unsportsmanlike, not in the best interests of this Hackathon, or a violation of any applicable law or regulation. 

C. Any attempt by any person to undermine the proper conduct of the Hackathon may be a violation of applicable law.  Should Poster or Administrator suspect that such an attempt has been made or is threatened, they reserve the right to take appropriate action including but not limited to requiring a Maker to cooperate with an investigation and referral to criminal and civil law enforcement authorities.

D. If there is any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the Official Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Hackathon materials, including but not limited to the Hackathon Submission form, Hackathon Website, advertising (including but not limited to television, print, radio or online ads), the terms and conditions of the Official Rules shall prevail. 

E. The terms and conditions of the Official Rules are subject to change at any time, including the rights or obligations of the Maker, the Poster and the Administrator. The Poster and Administrator will post the terms and conditions of the amended Official Rules on the Hackathon Website.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, any amendment will become effective at the time specified in the posting of the amended Official Rules or, if no time is specified, the time of posting. 

F. If at any time prior to the deadline, a Maker or prospective Maker believes that any Official Rule is or may be unclear or ambiguous, they must submit a written request for clarification.   

G. The Poster or Administrator’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Should any provision of these Official Rules be or become illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction whose laws or regulations may apply to a Maker, such illegality or unenforceability shall leave the remainder of these Official Rules, including the Rule affected, to the fullest extent permitted by law, unaffected and valid. The illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a valid and enforceable provision that comes closest and best reflects the Poster’s intention in a legal and enforceable manner with respect to the invalid or unenforceable provision.

H. Excluding Submissions, all intellectual property related to this Hackathon, including but not limited to copyrighted material, trademarks, trade-names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned or used under license by the Poster and/or Administrator. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owners is strictly prohibited. Any use in a Submission of Poster or Administrator intellectual property shall be solely to the extent provided for in these Official Rules.

13. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

By entering, all Makers (including, in the case of a Team or Organization, all participating members) agree to be bound by the Official Rules and hereby release the Released Parties from any and all liability in connection with the Prizes or Maker’s participation in the Hackathon. Provided, however, that any liability limitation regarding gross negligence or intentional acts, or events of death or body injury shall not be applicable in jurisdictions where such limitation is not legal. 

14. DISPUTES

A. Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Hackathon, Maker agrees that: 

(i) any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Hackathon, or any Prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action lawsuit, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held at the AAA regional office nearest the contestant; 

(ii) the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and 

(iii) judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. 

B. Under no circumstances will Maker be permitted to obtain awards for, and contestant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than contestant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Hackathon), and Maker further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. 

C. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of Maker and Poster in connection with this Hackathon, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of New York, USA without regard to New York choice of law rules. 

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

15. ADDITIONAL TERMS THAT ARE PART OF THE OFFICIAL RULES

Please review the Devpost Terms of Service at https://info.devpost.com/hackathon_terms for additional rules that apply to your participation in the Hackathon and more generally your use of the Hackathon Website. Such Terms of Service are incorporated by reference into these Official Rules. If there is a conflict between the Terms of Service and these Official Rules, the latter terms shall control with respect to this Hackathon only.

Participation in the Hackathon constitutes Maker’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules. By entering, a Maker agrees that all decisions related to the Hackathon that are made pursuant to these Official Rules are final and binding, and that all such decisions are at the sole discretion of the Poster and/or Administrator. 

The Administrator collects personal information from you when you enter the Hackathon. The information collected is subject to the privacy policy located here: https://info.devpost.com/privacy.

16. CONTACT

If you have any questions or comments, or wish to send us any notice regarding this Hackathon, please email us at Support@Devpost.com.