SugarCRM 2005 Developer Contest Terms and Conditions

These rules apply to the SugarCRM 2005 Developer Contest, a skill-based contest run by SugarCRM Inc. ("SugarCRM") for developers with the use of SugarCRM's Module Loader. This contest starts on September 25th, 2005 and will continue trough and including December 31st, 2005. By entering this contest, you agree to comply fully and unconditionally with these rules ("Rules").

Article 1. General
This contest is a skill-based contest; which means that chance plays no part in determining the winner(s). Participants are invited to make their entries available to SugarCRM which will then be judged by a combination of public votes and votes from our internal judging panel.

This contest is open to anyone who is 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees, staff persons and directors, as well as their extended family members and those living in their same households of SugarCRM and their associated entities as well as other agencies associated with this contest are not eligible to enter. By entering the contest, you acknowledge and guarantee that you are 18 years of age or older and that you have the capacity to understand, agree to and comply with these Rules.

SugarCRM reserves the right to limit or restrict upon notice participation in the Contest to any person at any time for any reason.

SugarCRM reserves the right to cancel, amend or interpret (any communication regarding) this contest and/or these Rules at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be posted on the SugarCRM website. You shall be deemed to have accepted such amendments or interpretations by your continuing participation in this contest. Should you not wish to continue to participate in this contest pursuant to the amendment or interpretation of these Rules, you may terminate your participation upon written notice to SugarCRM. SugarCRM reserves the right to disqualify you if it has reasonable grounds to believe that you have breached these Rules or have acted contrary to any relevant law or regulation.

By entering this contest, you give SugarCRM permission to use your name, likeness, biographical information and statements concerning this contest or SugarCRM for advertising and promotional purposes without compensation and to use the information provided by you to contact you regarding the contest. SugarCRM's privacy policy as published on our website will apply to our use of your personal information.

You are allowed to put forward as many entries as you like within this contest.

No responsibility is assumed for information not received from participants, inaccurate information or corrupted files, whether caused by any of the equipment, computers, telephone, cable, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, availability or garbled or jumbled transmissions, service provider/Internet/web site/use net accessibility or availability, air or ground traffic congestion, or unauthorized human intervention or by any human, mechanical or computer error or failure which may occur in the processing or storing of information.

In the event of any dispute regarding this contest, these Rules, the decision with regards to the winner(s) and all other matters relating to this contest, the decision of SugarCRM will be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into.

Article 2. How to enter
2.1 In order to enter into this contest, you must fill out the form located here. You must also have your application hosted on SugarForge.org as a project and your application must utilize the SugarCRM's Module Loader or Upgrade Wizard feature.

2.2 All entries must be received by SugarCRM no later than 12:00 AM PST. on Monday, October 31st, 2005. SugarCRM is not responsible for late, lost, illegible, incomplete, stolen or misdirected entries. Entries that are received after this term will be disqualified.

Article 3. Prizes
3.1 All valid entries will be showcased on the SugarCRM website. They will be judged by votes from our internal judging panel.

3.2 Winners of this contest will be contacted via email, post and/or telephone. Return of any prize notification as undeliverable or failure to reply within reasonable time may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.

3.3 Participants will have the opportunity to win a grand prize of $1000 USD,- Best Business & Productivity Module, a grand prize of $1000 USD,- Most Innovative, and $500 USD,- Best Template.

3.4 SugarCRM reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value at any time.

3.5 By accepting a prize, a winner agrees that SugarCRM and its affiliates shall not be liable for, and be held harmless by winner against any liability for any damage, injury or loss to person or property due in whole part, directly or indirectly, to acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, participation in any prize-related activity or participation in this contest.

Article 4. Judging and prize awarding
4.1 All eligible entries for this contest will be showcased on the SugarCRM website. Votes from the SugarCRM's internal judging panel will be awarded according to the following criteria: ease of use; innovation in the use of SugarCRM services and features; accessibility to new SugarCRM users, and general utility to existing users and developers.

Article 5. Intellectual property rights
5.2 Nothing on the SugarCRM website or participant's use of the services or products related hereto shall be construed as conferring any license or other rights under the intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights of SugarCRM, its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents and/or directors. SugarCRM and/or its agents shall be licensed by participants to evaluate all contest related submissions for the purpose of the contest judging. The software and programming code and media relating to the contest and contest related promotion is protected by the laws of copyright, trademark, patent, unfair contest and other proprietary laws. Any contest-related submission further must be the original work of the participant; must not infringe third-party rights; and must be suitable for publication (e.g., may not be obscene or indecent) and promotion.

Article 6. Taxes
6.1 Participation and receipt of prizes may have tax consequences. All taxes, fees, and surcharges on the prize won are the sole responsibility of the winner.

Article 7. Warranty and indemnification
7.1 You hereby guarantee that your entry is original and does not contain anything which infringes intellectual property, privacy or any other rights of any party.

7.2 You agree that your entry - including, but not limited to text, designs, drawings, concepts, will not be treated as confidential or proprietary.

7.3 You hereby agree to indemnify or hold harmless SugarCRM, its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents and directors against any and all claims of third parties based on the assertion that your entry infringes upon the rights of a third party and/or related to any other matter in connection with your participation in this contest.

Article 8. Miscellaneous
8.1 If one provision of these Rules is determined to be (partly) invalid or unenforceable, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall not have any effect on any other provision of these Rules, all of which shall remain in full force and effect.

8.2 These Rules shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Cupertino. Any disputes arising out of or relating to the Agreement will be exclusively brought before the competent court in Cupertino, CA.