Official Rules for the Red Hat Magazine Contest
APPLICABLE ONLY IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. ENTRY INTO THIS PROMOTION CONSTITUES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE PROMOTION RULES. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. Contest Description
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Red Hat, Inc. (“Sponsor”) is sponsoring the Red Hat Magazine Geek Gift Guide Giveaway (“Contest”), a skill contest in which participants prepare and submit an idea on suggested topics addressing a question provided by Sponsor. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
2. ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to enter the Contest, you must be a legal U.S. resident who is above the age of majority. You must also have access to the Internet and a valid email address to enter the Contest. Employees, officers, and directors of Red Hat, Inc., and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies and their immediate families and those living in their households, are not eligible to participate in the Promotion. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. As applicable, you acknowledge that your employer is aware of and consents to your participation in this Promotion, and that your participation is in accordance with these Official Rules and does not violate your organizations policies and regulations. Government employees and contractors are not eligible to enter.
3. PROMOTION PERIOD
The Promotion begins at midnight eastern standard time (EST) on December 4, 2007 and ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on December 18, 2006 (“Promotion Period). All Eligible Entry forms must be complete and submitted electronically (at the email address listed below) by the end of the Promotion Period.
4. SPONSOR
Red Hat, Inc. (“Red Hat”), located at 1801 Varsity Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606, is the sponsor of the Contest (“Sponsor”).
5. HOW TO ENTER
To enter to win the Prize, you must send an email to contest@redhat.com between the dates specified in the Promotion Period. For your Official Entry to be considered eligible your email submission must contain your name, address, phone number, email address and you must provide your suggestion and or response (in any digital media form, i.e., a written entry, a video, photographs, etc.) to one of the contest suggested topics (1) “What I’d like to see in Red Hat Magazine,” (2) “The open source story you’ve never told,” or (3) or a topic of your choosing on open source technology.
You may enter as many times as you would like. All entries become the property of Sponsor. They will not be returned or acknowledged. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, mutilated, incomplete, illegible, or postage-due mail or e-mail, or for any computer-related, online, telephonic, or technical malfunctions that may occur. Entries are void if they are in whole or in part illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error, or obtained through fraud or theft. By entering you agree to be bound by these Official Rules.
6. JUDGING
Red Hat will judge the entries based on creativity 50% and appropriateness to theme 50%. The entry that receives the highest overall score will be selected as the potential Grand Prize winner. The entry that receives the second highest score will be selected as the potential Second Place winner. The entry that receives the third highest score will be selected as a potential Third Place winner. In the event of a tie for first, second, or third places, the entry that receives the highest score from the Judges in the category of “appropriateness to theme” will be selected as the potential winner for that prize level. The potential winners will be selected and notified by email on or about December 22, 2007. The Judges decisions are final with respect to all aspects of the Contest.
7. PRIVACY
Sponsor will be collecting personal data about participants when they submit their email entry. Please review Red Hat’s privacy policy at www.redhat.com/legal/privacy_statement.html.
8. WINNER
Grand Prize: Sponsor will award one (1) Grand Prize to the entrant who receives the highest score on their entry and winner will receive Eclipse watch from TokyoFlash. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) $125.00.
Second Prize: Sponsor will award one (1) Second Prize to the entrant who receives the second highest score on their entry and winner will receive Flying Spaghetti Monster tree ornament from NifNaks.com. Total ARV $33.00.
Third Prize: Sponsor will award one (1) Third Prize to the entrant who receives the third highest score on their entry and winner will receive Jonathan Coulton CD. Total ARV $15.00
All decisions on all matters pertaining to the Promotion are final. Limit one prize per person, family or household. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
9. Condition of Participation
By entering the Contest, you agree to be bound by the terms of these Official Rules and you confirm that you meet all eligibility requirements listed herein. You agree that all federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. By registering for the Contest, you agree that these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this Contest. Acceptance of the prize constitutes permission for, and winners consent to, Sponsor and its agencies to use the winning Entries and the names and/or likenesses of the winning Team members for advertising and promotional purposes, in any media now known or hereafter devised, without further notice, compensation, consideration, review, or consent, and without regard to moral rights, unless prohibited by law.
To the extent permitted by law, all registered participants of the Contest agree to hold Sponsor, its respective directors, officers, employees and assigns harmless for any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused by participation in the Contest and/or use or acceptance of any prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Contest, or in the announcement of the prize. If, in Sponsors’ opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the Contest, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Contest, the Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage the content or operation of this Contest is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsor or its agents. You may be prohibited from participating in this Contest if Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reasonably believes that you have attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices, or annoys, abuses, threatens, or harasses any other participants, Sponsor, or associated agencies. In the event a potential winner’s employer has a policy that prohibits the awarding of a prize to an employee, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected. The prize will be delivered by ground shipping within the United States within 7-9 weeks after winner notification. No prize transfer, assignment or substitution by winner permitted. Red Hat reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to substitute the prize for a prize of equal value should all or part of a prize become unavailable for any reason. If the Grand Prize winners decline the prize, fail to claim the prize, are unavailable for prize fulfillment, or fail to abide by the Official Rules, Sponsor may select an alternate winner from all remaining eligible entries.
10. LAWS
This Promotion is governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions. Promotion is void where prohibited or restricted by laws, including but not limited to jurisdictions with laws that would require registration, disclosure, filing, trust account, or posting of a bond or any other requirements that are not satisfied by these terms and conditions.
11. WINNERS LIST
To obtain the names the Grand Prize winner, send a request, along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope, to Red Hat, 1801 Varsity Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606, Attn: Red Hat Magazine (Residents of Vermont need not supply postage).