Five Years of Firefox
Help celebrate Firefox's 5th birthday!
Time flies when you're having fun...Firefox is five years old, and we'd like to commemorate the milestone with great design. So, show us what the occasion means to you by creating a celebratory poster image.
The goal of this challenge is to create a poster design that will help spread the word about and rally our community around Firefox's 5th birthday. The winning design will be featured on Mozilla websites and merchandise, and the winning artist will be highlighted on the Creative Collective homepage and the Mozilla Blog.
Before you start designing, here are some important things to keep in mind:
- One approach, of course, is to use birthday imagery - cake, candles, etc. However, we encourage you to get even more creative and think of other ways to represent the occasion. Abstract is always good
- Another approach is to think about what Firefox has meant for its millions of users and the web itself. How have things changed over the last 5 years? What role has Firefox played in the evolution of the web?
- Using imagery or design style from your own country or culture is highly encouraged. We love showing off the global diversity of the Mozilla community!
- If you need a starting point, our usual themes of openness, innovation and community are always good places to begin.
- Focus on telling the story with imagery (for example, note how the Firefox 3 t-shirt design embodies community in a creative way).
- Files should be uploaded as high-res (300dpi) PNGs or JPEGs. Be sure to hold onto the original working files, though, because if you win we will need those (and be sure to preserve the layers).
- Be sure to add a description to your design to share your thought process and provide additional details. It may help win you votes, too.
- If you'd like to use the Firefox logo you can download it here. However, please don't modify the logo itself in any way (more details are in our style guide).
Submit your designs before December 9, 2009 at 11:59:59 PM PST (GMT -8 hours).
Voting ends December 16, 2009 at 11:59:59 PM PST (GMT -8 hours).
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FIVE YEARS OF FIREFOX – CHALLENGE DETAILS
VOID WHERE, OR TO THE EXTENT, PROHIBITED. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
1. INTRODUCTION The object of this Challenge is to create artwork celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Firefox 1.0 release. Information on how to enter and about the prizes is part of these Rules. To the extent of any inconsistency, these Rules prevail.
2. CHALLENGE PERIOD The Challenge runs from 9am Pacific Standard Time, November 4, 2009 (5pm GMT, November 4, 2009) through 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time, December 9, 2009 (7:59am GMT, December 10, 2009). All Entries must be received by Sponsor no later than 11:59pm PST on December 9, 2009 (7:59am GMT on December 10, 2009). Sponsor in its sole discretion may cancel or postpone the Challenge.
3. HOW TO ENTER To enter the Challenge, the Entrant must go to https://creative.mozilla.org/challenges/4 (the "Entry Page") and using the tools provided on the Entry Page submit the Entry following the instructions included therein.
You may submit as many Entries as you want.
If you are a group of individuals submitting an Entry, the Entry shall be submitted under one individual’s account. The names of all the individuals in the group should be noted in the design description for proper attribution.
There is no fee to enter the Challenge.
Entries must be submitted online by 11:59pm Pacific Time, December 9, 2009 (7:59am GMT, December 10, 2009).
Sponsor reserves the right to make all or some of the Entries public. Sponsor reserves the right to remove any inappropriate or illegal Entries.
4. WORK CRITERIA All Entries must meet specific criteria to be accepted into the Challenge:
(a) The design must represent Firefox in an appropriate and professional manner consistent with Mozilla's brand image. (b) Entry must be submitted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License; (c) Entry must be your original work and may not include any unauthorized (including the right to use, distribute and sublicense) intellectual property of a third party. (d) You may use the graphics and logos supplied by Sponsor subject to the Mozilla Trademark Policy. Sponsor retains all ownership in such graphics and logos.
5. JUDGING AND SELECTION OF WINNER
All Entries will be judged and scored by the Mozilla community based on the following judging criteria:
To find the Finalists, all initial Entries will be judged based on the following criteria: (i) Number of community votes accrued during the voting period;
Any Entry that Sponsor believes has been plagiarized, is inappropriate, or is illegal or infringing will be disqualified.
The Finalists will be notified on or about December 17, 2009.
The Finalists will then be submitted to a panel of judges to judge based on the following three criteria, [each given equal weight of 33.3%]: (i) Creativity of the design; (ii) Effectiveness at communicating the key themes; (iii) Adherence to the design challenge creative brief;
More detailed information about each of the above-mentioned criteria will be available at https://creative.mozilla.org/challenges/4.
The Entrant with the highest score from the Finalists will be the grand prize winner.
In case of a tie, Sponsor shall make the final decision.
The winner will be selected on or about December 21, 2009. All winners will be notified by mail, phone, or email on or about December 21, 2009.
The decisions of the judging panel and community vote are final on all matters relating to the Challenge and no correspondence will be entered into.
6. VOTING
You must be a member of the Creative Collective to vote on the Entries. There is no cost to join the Creative Collective. You may vote on more than one design, but only once per design. All votes are final and cannot be revoked.
Voting begins on December 9, 2009 and ends on December 16, 2009, one week past the submission deadline.
7. NAME OF WINNER For the names of the winners and/or the judges are available at https://creative.mozilla.org/challenges/4 or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to “Five Years of Firefox Design Challenge Winner List", attn: Mozilla Challenges, 650 Castro Street, Suite 300, Mountain View, CA 94041-2072. Requests must be received (not just postmarked) by December 31, 2009.
Please retain a copy of these Challenge Details for your records.
FIVE YEARS OF FIREFOX -- OFFICIAL RULES
VOID WHERE, OR TO THE EXTENT, PROHIBITED. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
1. INTRODUCTION
This document describes the official rules (“Rules”) of the Mozilla® Creative Collective Five Years of Firefox Design Challenge (the "Challenge") organized by the Mozilla Corporation. Information on how to enter and about the rewards/prizes is part of these Rules. To the extent of any inconsistency, these Rules prevail.
2. DEFINITIONS
"Entry" means a design submitted to the Mozilla Creative Collective created by the Entrant for this Challenge.
"Entrant" means the individual or group of individuals that offers the Entry under the terms of this Challenge.
"Sponsor" means the Mozilla Corporation located at 650 Castro Street, Suite 300, Mountain View, CA 94041-2072.
3. ACCEPTANCE
Participation constitutes the Entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Rules. By participating in the Challenge, the Entrant is representing and warranting that he/she has read and understood, and agrees to be bound by, these rules. Including the guides and rules referred to herein, these Rules constitute the entire agreement between the Entrant and the Sponsor in relation to the Challenge. They govern the Entrant's participation and supersede any prior or other agreements between the Entrant and the Sponsor and relating to the Challenge.
4. ELIGIBILITY
You must be a member of the Creative Collective to enter and to vote on the entries. There is no cost to join the Creative Collective.
Challenge is open to individuals who are the age of majority in your country of residence (e.g., at least 18 in the US or 20 in Japan). Minors 13 years or older are eligible to participate in the Challenge but will be required to submit a signed parental consent form with their Entry.
Challenge is open only to individuals or groups of individuals. Challenge is not open to companies, educational institutions, organizations, etc. Entrant may not enter any work or design that is part of any work done for such institutions and which that institution may claim ownership.
If you are a group of individuals submitting an Entry, the Entry shall be submitted under one individual’s account. The names of all the individuals in the group should be noted in the design description for proper attribution.
Challenge is void in Cuba, Iran, Province of Quebec (Canada), North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Union of Myanmar, and where prohibited by law. Employees and contractors of Mozilla Corporation and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, advertising agencies, and families, and persons living in the same household of such employees, are not eligible to participate.
5. HOW TO ENTER
Each Entrant must be the named and authorized account holder of the email address submitted in connection with that Entrant's Entry. The authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned to the email address by an internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address. Entries submitted will not be returned or acknowledged.
Each Entrant may submit as many Entries as he/she wants.
Without limiting any representations or warranties, the Sponsor has the right (though not the obligation) to, in the Sponsor's sole discretion, reject or remove from the Sponsor's websites, servers and computer systems any Entry that, in the Sponsor's sole discretion, violates these Rules or any applicable Sponsor policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable. Sponsor also reserves the right to disqualify any Entrant or Entry at the Sponsor's sole discretion. No correspondence shall be entered into.
6. JUDGING AND SELECTION OF WINNER
Any submission that Sponsor believes has been plagiarized, is inappropriate, infringing or illegal will be disqualified.
The decisions of the judging panel and community vote are final on all matters relating to the Challenge and no correspondence will be entered into.
7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
By participating in the Challenge, the Entrant, and if you are entering as a group, each Entrant within a group, warrants and represents in connection with the Entry submitted as part of his/her participation in the Challenge: (a) he/she is the sole and exclusive owner of (and free of any adverse claim by any person, firm, or corporation) all intellectual property rights in and to the Entry (exclusive of Mozilla’s intellectual property rights); (b) the Entry is original and the use of the Entry as described in these Rules will not infringe the proprietary rights, including without limitation the intellectual property rights, of any third party; (c) the use of the Entry, as described in these Rules, will be in compliance with any third-party licenses pertaining to the Entry; (d) the Entry is not obscene or libelous, or does not violate any rights of any third party, including but not limited to rights of privacy or publicity; (e) the Entry does not target anyone because of his or her membership in a certain social group, including race, gender, color, religion, belief, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender identity, or political affiliation, and does not contain a symbolic representation of any group that targets anyone because of his or her membership in a certain social group; (f) he/she has accurately categorized and described the type and nature of the Entry on the Entry Page; (g) the Entry does not contain any virus, spyware, malware, trap door, worm, or any other device, mechanism or code that is injurious or damaging to software or hardware used in conjunction with the Entry; (h) the Entry and its use as described in these Rules will not violate any federal, provincial, state or local laws or ordinances; (i) no employer or educational or other establishment has any rights in the Entry; (j) the Entry is consistent with these Rules; and (k) he/she has the right to grant the license to Sponsor and its designees in Section 9 below.
8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Except for any trademark or other graphic or design owned or supplied by Sponsor, any Entry entered in this Challenge shall remain the exclusive property of the Entrant and Entrant's licensors. By participating in the Challenge and in addition to any open source license governing the Entry, the Entrant covenants to grant, and thereby grants, to Sponsor and its designees a nonexclusive, irrevocable, sublicensable, unconditional, transferable, worldwide royalty-free license to the Entry to reproduce, encode, store, modify, transmit, publish, post, copy, adapt, distribute, and publicly display and perform all such derivative works and screen shots in connection with the Entry. In addition, Entrant licenses the Entry under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. In the case of Entrants who are Australian residents, Entrants consent to the Sponsor doing or omitting to do any act which may otherwise infringe the Entrant’s moral rights (as defined in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)).
9. AUTHORIZATION TO USE WINNER'S NAME
Accepting the prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor to make public and otherwise use winner's name, voice, picture, likeness, opinions, biographical information, city and country of residence, and submitted work without further compensation in any media now known or hereafter developed for promotional and/or publicity purposes, unless prohibited by law. Each winner also agrees to participate in and cooperate with any promotional activity and/or publicity relating to the Challenge as the Sponsor shall reasonably request from time to time.
10. INDEMNITY; DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
By participating in the Challenge, the Entrant agrees to be bound by these Rules, including all eligibility requirements and all decisions of the Sponsor. By participating in the Challenge, the Entrant agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Sponsor and its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, contractors, contributors, subsidiaries, licensors, distributors, and parent ("Sponsor Entities") from any and all liability, claims, or actions of any kind, including, without limitation, property damage, personal injury, and/or death, arising out of his/her (i) breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in these Rules; or (ii) participation in the Challenge; (iii) acceptance and/or use or misuse of any prize in connection with the Challenge; or (iv) any third party claim relating to any rights in any design submitted.
BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CHALLENGE, THE ENTRANT AGREES THAT THE SPONSOR ENTITIES MAKE NO WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, OR GUARANTEE OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, RELATING TO THE CHALLENGE AND/OR THE PRIZES.
By participating in the Challenge, the Entrant agrees that the Sponsor is not responsible, and will in no event be held liable, for any: (a) lost, late, illegible, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, corrupted or garbled entries; (b) telephone, computer, or network malfunction or error; (c) communication disruption or other disruptions related to Internet traffic, virus, bug, worm, or non-authorized intervention; or (d) damage caused by a computer virus or otherwise resulting to any computer from Entrant's access of the Challenge website. If such malfunction, error, disruption, or damage occurs or impairs the administration, security, fairness, or integrity of the Challenge, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, suspend, modify or terminate the Challenge by posting a notice at http://creative.mozilla.org. If the Challenge is terminated before the scheduled end of the Challenge Period, the Sponsor will determine the winner from all eligible entries received as of the termination date. Persons found tampering with or abusing any aspect of the Challenge, or whom the Sponsor believes to be causing or attempting or intending to cause any malfunction, error, disruption, or damage will be disqualified. The Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any unauthorized entries, including, without limitation, multiple entries from the same person, or any entries made through robotic, automatic, mechanical, programmed or similar multiple-entry, or entry duplication, method and to disqualify any person or entity using such a method.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, AND ONLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY THE APPLICABLE LAW, BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CHALLENGE, THE ENTRANT AGREES THAT IN NO EVENT WILL THE SPONSOR OR ANY SPONSOR ENTITY BE LIABLE TO ENTRANTS OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF THE BASIS OR NATURE OF THE CLAIM, RELATING IN ANY MANNER TO THESE RULES, THE CHALLENGE OR THE ENTRANT'S PARTICIPATION THEREIN, EVEN IF THE SPONSOR OR A SPONSOR ENTITY WERE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ALSO NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CHALLENGE, THE ENTRANT FURTHER AGREES THAT IN NO EVENT WILL THE LIABILITY OF THE SPONSOR OR ANY SPONSOR ENTITY RELATING IN ANY MANNER TO THESE RULES, THE CHALLENGE OR THE ENTRANT'S PARTICIPATION THEREIN EXCEED THE GREATER OF US$500 OR ANY OTHER AMOUNTS PAID BY THE ENTRANT TO ENTER INTO THE CHALLENGE. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO THE ENTRANT. IN THE EVENT THAT THE PRECEDING RELEASE IS DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO BE INVALID OR VOID FOR ANY REASON, THE ENTRANT AGREES THAT, BY ENTERING THE CHALLENGE, (I) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS, AND CAUSES OR ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHALLENGE, OR ANY PRIZES AWARDED, SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION; AND (II) ANY CLAIMS, JUDGEMENTS AND AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED, INCLUDING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THE CHALLENGE, BUT IN NO EVENT ATTORNEY'S FEES.
For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that English law applies, nothing in these Rules shall limit or exclude either party's liability for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by its negligence, or any other liability to the extent such liability cannot be excluded or limited as a matter of law.
12. PRIVACY
All Entries may be made public as well as the Entrants’ names. Except as otherwise stated herein or as otherwise agreed by the Entrant and the Sponsor, all other personal information communicated by the Entrant in connection with Entry to the Challenge will be used for the purposes relating to this Challenge, and will not be communicated to third-parties without prior permission. Please refer to our Privacy Policy (located at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/privacy-policy.html) for further details.
13. TRADEMARK INFORMATION
The names Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, Bugzilla and XUL, as well as the Mozilla logo, Firefox logo, Thunderbird logo and the red lizard logo are all registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation. Any use of those or any other Sponsor (or Mozilla Foundation) trade mark, service mark, trade name or logo must comply with the Mozilla Trademark Policies as posted at http://www.mozilla.org/licensing/.
14. INTERPRETATION, GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION
14.1 Interpretation. In the case of any dispute about the interpretation of the Rules, Sponsor’s decision as to the interpretation shall be final and Entrant shall be bound by Sponsor’s decision.
14.2 Severability. When any provision of these Rules is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the parties nevertheless agree that the Court should endeavor to give effect to the intentions of the parties as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of these Rules remain in full force and effect.
14.3 Governing Law. The interpretation and enforcement of these Rules will be governed by the laws of the State of California, USA, except to the extent required to be governed by the local law in the place of residence of an Entrant. Challenge is subject to all applicable, as the case may be, national, federal, provincial, state and local laws. In relation to residents of the United Kingdom, in the event that the laws of the State of California do not apply, English law shall apply. The Entrant and the Sponsor agree to the extent permitted by law to submit all disputes arising out of or relating to these Rules or the Challenge to, and hereby waive any objection to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of, the state and federal courts located in Santa Clara County, California. Subject to Section 14.2 above, if necessary any provision of these Rules which is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be deemed to be struck out from these Rules. Entries by Entrants who are residents of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Union of Myanmar shall not be valid.
15. CONSIDERATION
The Entrant agrees that the ability to participate in the Challenge and to compete for the prizes offered in connection with the Challenge constitute, where required, sufficient consideration for the Entrant's obligations under these Rules.
Please retain a copy of these Rules for your records.
VOID WHERE, OR TO THE EXTENT, PROHIBITED. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
1. INTRODUCTION The object of this Challenge is to create artwork celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Firefox 1.0 release. Information on how to enter and about the prizes is part of these Rules. To the extent of any inconsistency, these Rules prevail.
2. CHALLENGE PERIOD The Challenge runs from 9am Pacific Standard Time, November 4, 2009 (5pm GMT, November 4, 2009) through 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time, December 9, 2009 (7:59am GMT, December 10, 2009). All Entries must be received by Sponsor no later than 11:59pm PST on December 9, 2009 (7:59am GMT on December 10, 2009). Sponsor in its sole discretion may cancel or postpone the Challenge.
3. HOW TO ENTER To enter the Challenge, the Entrant must go to https://creative.mozilla.org/challenges/4 (the "Entry Page") and using the tools provided on the Entry Page submit the Entry following the instructions included therein.
You may submit as many Entries as you want.
If you are a group of individuals submitting an Entry, the Entry shall be submitted under one individual’s account. The names of all the individuals in the group should be noted in the design description for proper attribution.
There is no fee to enter the Challenge.
Entries must be submitted online by 11:59pm Pacific Time, December 9, 2009 (7:59am GMT, December 10, 2009).
Sponsor reserves the right to make all or some of the Entries public. Sponsor reserves the right to remove any inappropriate or illegal Entries.
4. WORK CRITERIA All Entries must meet specific criteria to be accepted into the Challenge:
(a) The design must represent Firefox in an appropriate and professional manner consistent with Mozilla's brand image. (b) Entry must be submitted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License; (c) Entry must be your original work and may not include any unauthorized (including the right to use, distribute and sublicense) intellectual property of a third party. (d) You may use the graphics and logos supplied by Sponsor subject to the Mozilla Trademark Policy. Sponsor retains all ownership in such graphics and logos.
5. JUDGING AND SELECTION OF WINNER
All Entries will be judged and scored by the Mozilla community based on the following judging criteria:
To find the Finalists, all initial Entries will be judged based on the following criteria: (i) Number of community votes accrued during the voting period;
Any Entry that Sponsor believes has been plagiarized, is inappropriate, or is illegal or infringing will be disqualified.
The Finalists will be notified on or about December 17, 2009.
The Finalists will then be submitted to a panel of judges to judge based on the following three criteria, [each given equal weight of 33.3%]: (i) Creativity of the design; (ii) Effectiveness at communicating the key themes; (iii) Adherence to the design challenge creative brief;
More detailed information about each of the above-mentioned criteria will be available at https://creative.mozilla.org/challenges/4.
The Entrant with the highest score from the Finalists will be the grand prize winner.
In case of a tie, Sponsor shall make the final decision.
The winner will be selected on or about December 21, 2009. All winners will be notified by mail, phone, or email on or about December 21, 2009.
The decisions of the judging panel and community vote are final on all matters relating to the Challenge and no correspondence will be entered into.
6. VOTING
You must be a member of the Creative Collective to vote on the Entries. There is no cost to join the Creative Collective. You may vote on more than one design, but only once per design. All votes are final and cannot be revoked.
Voting begins on December 9, 2009 and ends on December 16, 2009, one week past the submission deadline.
7. NAME OF WINNER For the names of the winners and/or the judges are available at https://creative.mozilla.org/challenges/4 or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to “Five Years of Firefox Design Challenge Winner List", attn: Mozilla Challenges, 650 Castro Street, Suite 300, Mountain View, CA 94041-2072. Requests must be received (not just postmarked) by December 31, 2009.
Please retain a copy of these Challenge Details for your records.
FIVE YEARS OF FIREFOX -- OFFICIAL RULES
VOID WHERE, OR TO THE EXTENT, PROHIBITED. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
1. INTRODUCTION
This document describes the official rules (“Rules”) of the Mozilla® Creative Collective Five Years of Firefox Design Challenge (the "Challenge") organized by the Mozilla Corporation. Information on how to enter and about the rewards/prizes is part of these Rules. To the extent of any inconsistency, these Rules prevail.
2. DEFINITIONS
"Entry" means a design submitted to the Mozilla Creative Collective created by the Entrant for this Challenge.
"Entrant" means the individual or group of individuals that offers the Entry under the terms of this Challenge.
"Sponsor" means the Mozilla Corporation located at 650 Castro Street, Suite 300, Mountain View, CA 94041-2072.
3. ACCEPTANCE
Participation constitutes the Entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Rules. By participating in the Challenge, the Entrant is representing and warranting that he/she has read and understood, and agrees to be bound by, these rules. Including the guides and rules referred to herein, these Rules constitute the entire agreement between the Entrant and the Sponsor in relation to the Challenge. They govern the Entrant's participation and supersede any prior or other agreements between the Entrant and the Sponsor and relating to the Challenge.
4. ELIGIBILITY
You must be a member of the Creative Collective to enter and to vote on the entries. There is no cost to join the Creative Collective.
Challenge is open to individuals who are the age of majority in your country of residence (e.g., at least 18 in the US or 20 in Japan). Minors 13 years or older are eligible to participate in the Challenge but will be required to submit a signed parental consent form with their Entry.
Challenge is open only to individuals or groups of individuals. Challenge is not open to companies, educational institutions, organizations, etc. Entrant may not enter any work or design that is part of any work done for such institutions and which that institution may claim ownership.
If you are a group of individuals submitting an Entry, the Entry shall be submitted under one individual’s account. The names of all the individuals in the group should be noted in the design description for proper attribution.
Challenge is void in Cuba, Iran, Province of Quebec (Canada), North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Union of Myanmar, and where prohibited by law. Employees and contractors of Mozilla Corporation and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, advertising agencies, and families, and persons living in the same household of such employees, are not eligible to participate.
5. HOW TO ENTER
Each Entrant must be the named and authorized account holder of the email address submitted in connection with that Entrant's Entry. The authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned to the email address by an internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address. Entries submitted will not be returned or acknowledged.
Each Entrant may submit as many Entries as he/she wants.
Without limiting any representations or warranties, the Sponsor has the right (though not the obligation) to, in the Sponsor's sole discretion, reject or remove from the Sponsor's websites, servers and computer systems any Entry that, in the Sponsor's sole discretion, violates these Rules or any applicable Sponsor policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable. Sponsor also reserves the right to disqualify any Entrant or Entry at the Sponsor's sole discretion. No correspondence shall be entered into.
6. JUDGING AND SELECTION OF WINNER
Any submission that Sponsor believes has been plagiarized, is inappropriate, infringing or illegal will be disqualified.
The decisions of the judging panel and community vote are final on all matters relating to the Challenge and no correspondence will be entered into.
7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
By participating in the Challenge, the Entrant, and if you are entering as a group, each Entrant within a group, warrants and represents in connection with the Entry submitted as part of his/her participation in the Challenge: (a) he/she is the sole and exclusive owner of (and free of any adverse claim by any person, firm, or corporation) all intellectual property rights in and to the Entry (exclusive of Mozilla’s intellectual property rights); (b) the Entry is original and the use of the Entry as described in these Rules will not infringe the proprietary rights, including without limitation the intellectual property rights, of any third party; (c) the use of the Entry, as described in these Rules, will be in compliance with any third-party licenses pertaining to the Entry; (d) the Entry is not obscene or libelous, or does not violate any rights of any third party, including but not limited to rights of privacy or publicity; (e) the Entry does not target anyone because of his or her membership in a certain social group, including race, gender, color, religion, belief, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender identity, or political affiliation, and does not contain a symbolic representation of any group that targets anyone because of his or her membership in a certain social group; (f) he/she has accurately categorized and described the type and nature of the Entry on the Entry Page; (g) the Entry does not contain any virus, spyware, malware, trap door, worm, or any other device, mechanism or code that is injurious or damaging to software or hardware used in conjunction with the Entry; (h) the Entry and its use as described in these Rules will not violate any federal, provincial, state or local laws or ordinances; (i) no employer or educational or other establishment has any rights in the Entry; (j) the Entry is consistent with these Rules; and (k) he/she has the right to grant the license to Sponsor and its designees in Section 9 below.
8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Except for any trademark or other graphic or design owned or supplied by Sponsor, any Entry entered in this Challenge shall remain the exclusive property of the Entrant and Entrant's licensors. By participating in the Challenge and in addition to any open source license governing the Entry, the Entrant covenants to grant, and thereby grants, to Sponsor and its designees a nonexclusive, irrevocable, sublicensable, unconditional, transferable, worldwide royalty-free license to the Entry to reproduce, encode, store, modify, transmit, publish, post, copy, adapt, distribute, and publicly display and perform all such derivative works and screen shots in connection with the Entry. In addition, Entrant licenses the Entry under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. In the case of Entrants who are Australian residents, Entrants consent to the Sponsor doing or omitting to do any act which may otherwise infringe the Entrant’s moral rights (as defined in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)).
9. AUTHORIZATION TO USE WINNER'S NAME
Accepting the prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor to make public and otherwise use winner's name, voice, picture, likeness, opinions, biographical information, city and country of residence, and submitted work without further compensation in any media now known or hereafter developed for promotional and/or publicity purposes, unless prohibited by law. Each winner also agrees to participate in and cooperate with any promotional activity and/or publicity relating to the Challenge as the Sponsor shall reasonably request from time to time.
10. INDEMNITY; DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
By participating in the Challenge, the Entrant agrees to be bound by these Rules, including all eligibility requirements and all decisions of the Sponsor. By participating in the Challenge, the Entrant agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Sponsor and its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, contractors, contributors, subsidiaries, licensors, distributors, and parent ("Sponsor Entities") from any and all liability, claims, or actions of any kind, including, without limitation, property damage, personal injury, and/or death, arising out of his/her (i) breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in these Rules; or (ii) participation in the Challenge; (iii) acceptance and/or use or misuse of any prize in connection with the Challenge; or (iv) any third party claim relating to any rights in any design submitted.
BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CHALLENGE, THE ENTRANT AGREES THAT THE SPONSOR ENTITIES MAKE NO WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, OR GUARANTEE OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, RELATING TO THE CHALLENGE AND/OR THE PRIZES.
By participating in the Challenge, the Entrant agrees that the Sponsor is not responsible, and will in no event be held liable, for any: (a) lost, late, illegible, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, corrupted or garbled entries; (b) telephone, computer, or network malfunction or error; (c) communication disruption or other disruptions related to Internet traffic, virus, bug, worm, or non-authorized intervention; or (d) damage caused by a computer virus or otherwise resulting to any computer from Entrant's access of the Challenge website. If such malfunction, error, disruption, or damage occurs or impairs the administration, security, fairness, or integrity of the Challenge, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, suspend, modify or terminate the Challenge by posting a notice at http://creative.mozilla.org. If the Challenge is terminated before the scheduled end of the Challenge Period, the Sponsor will determine the winner from all eligible entries received as of the termination date. Persons found tampering with or abusing any aspect of the Challenge, or whom the Sponsor believes to be causing or attempting or intending to cause any malfunction, error, disruption, or damage will be disqualified. The Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any unauthorized entries, including, without limitation, multiple entries from the same person, or any entries made through robotic, automatic, mechanical, programmed or similar multiple-entry, or entry duplication, method and to disqualify any person or entity using such a method.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, AND ONLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY THE APPLICABLE LAW, BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CHALLENGE, THE ENTRANT AGREES THAT IN NO EVENT WILL THE SPONSOR OR ANY SPONSOR ENTITY BE LIABLE TO ENTRANTS OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF THE BASIS OR NATURE OF THE CLAIM, RELATING IN ANY MANNER TO THESE RULES, THE CHALLENGE OR THE ENTRANT'S PARTICIPATION THEREIN, EVEN IF THE SPONSOR OR A SPONSOR ENTITY WERE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ALSO NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CHALLENGE, THE ENTRANT FURTHER AGREES THAT IN NO EVENT WILL THE LIABILITY OF THE SPONSOR OR ANY SPONSOR ENTITY RELATING IN ANY MANNER TO THESE RULES, THE CHALLENGE OR THE ENTRANT'S PARTICIPATION THEREIN EXCEED THE GREATER OF US$500 OR ANY OTHER AMOUNTS PAID BY THE ENTRANT TO ENTER INTO THE CHALLENGE. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO THE ENTRANT. IN THE EVENT THAT THE PRECEDING RELEASE IS DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO BE INVALID OR VOID FOR ANY REASON, THE ENTRANT AGREES THAT, BY ENTERING THE CHALLENGE, (I) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS, AND CAUSES OR ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHALLENGE, OR ANY PRIZES AWARDED, SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION; AND (II) ANY CLAIMS, JUDGEMENTS AND AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED, INCLUDING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THE CHALLENGE, BUT IN NO EVENT ATTORNEY'S FEES.
For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that English law applies, nothing in these Rules shall limit or exclude either party's liability for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by its negligence, or any other liability to the extent such liability cannot be excluded or limited as a matter of law.
12. PRIVACY
All Entries may be made public as well as the Entrants’ names. Except as otherwise stated herein or as otherwise agreed by the Entrant and the Sponsor, all other personal information communicated by the Entrant in connection with Entry to the Challenge will be used for the purposes relating to this Challenge, and will not be communicated to third-parties without prior permission. Please refer to our Privacy Policy (located at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/privacy-policy.html) for further details.
13. TRADEMARK INFORMATION
The names Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, Bugzilla and XUL, as well as the Mozilla logo, Firefox logo, Thunderbird logo and the red lizard logo are all registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation. Any use of those or any other Sponsor (or Mozilla Foundation) trade mark, service mark, trade name or logo must comply with the Mozilla Trademark Policies as posted at http://www.mozilla.org/licensing/.
14. INTERPRETATION, GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION
14.1 Interpretation. In the case of any dispute about the interpretation of the Rules, Sponsor’s decision as to the interpretation shall be final and Entrant shall be bound by Sponsor’s decision.
14.2 Severability. When any provision of these Rules is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the parties nevertheless agree that the Court should endeavor to give effect to the intentions of the parties as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of these Rules remain in full force and effect.
14.3 Governing Law. The interpretation and enforcement of these Rules will be governed by the laws of the State of California, USA, except to the extent required to be governed by the local law in the place of residence of an Entrant. Challenge is subject to all applicable, as the case may be, national, federal, provincial, state and local laws. In relation to residents of the United Kingdom, in the event that the laws of the State of California do not apply, English law shall apply. The Entrant and the Sponsor agree to the extent permitted by law to submit all disputes arising out of or relating to these Rules or the Challenge to, and hereby waive any objection to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of, the state and federal courts located in Santa Clara County, California. Subject to Section 14.2 above, if necessary any provision of these Rules which is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be deemed to be struck out from these Rules. Entries by Entrants who are residents of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Union of Myanmar shall not be valid.
15. CONSIDERATION
The Entrant agrees that the ability to participate in the Challenge and to compete for the prizes offered in connection with the Challenge constitute, where required, sufficient consideration for the Entrant's obligations under these Rules.
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