Thank you for participating in the DevNet Hackathon in Cancun, Mexico (“Cisco Live
DevNet Hackathon”) hosted by Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”). This Cisco Live DevNet
Hackathon in Cancun Hackathon Participation Agreement (“Participation Agreement”) is a
binding legal agreement between you (the “Participant”) and Cisco with respect to the
Cisco Live DevNet Hackathon in Cancun.
1. Overview
1.1. The Event is designed to recognize the best Entry built using Cisco
Technologies as defined in the General Solution Requirements.
1.2. External sites, documents, and resources are documented in the External
Sites and Resources section.
1.3. The Event will take place November 2nd-3rd, 2015 at Cancun, Moon Palace
Golf & Spa Resort, Carretera Cancun-Tulum Km 36.5 Cancun Quintana Roo,
77500, (the “Event”). In order to participate in the Event you must register
at the Registration Site by Wednesday, October 28th 2015 at 6:30 PM.
1.4. Participants are expected to form teams. Team size will be a minimum of 2
Participants and a maximum of 6 Participants unless otherwise stated.
1.5. In this agreement, the term “we”, “us” or “our” refers to Cisco and/or
Software Guru, and the term “you” refers to you, the entrant, both as an
individual and as part of your team.
1.6. Unless otherwise specified below, times listed in this agreement are local
times in the city in which the Event is taking place.
1.7. Cisco has the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any Participant for
breach of the Agreement. Cisco has the right to cancel or suspend the
Hackathon with or without notice and for any or no reason. Cisco is not
responsible for any damage or inconvenience caused by a cancellation or
suspension of the Hackathon.
1.8. This agreement was last updated on September 17th, 2015.
2. Elegibility
2.1. The event is open to registered participants of the Event who are at least 18
years old.
2.2. The following people, however, are not eligible to participate: a) individuals
who are or at any point since July 1, 2015 have been employed by Cisco
Systems, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries or Software Guru.
2.3. If you are an employee of a corporation, government agency, or an
academic institution, you are responsible for ensuring that your
participation in the Event complies with any policies your corporation,
agency, or institution may have regarding participation in contests of this
type. We are not responsible for any disputes arising between you and your
employer.
3. Idea Presentation and Voting
3.1. We cannot guarantee that all registered attendees will be able to join a
competing idea development team or that you will be able to join your first
choice development team.
3.2. After you have registered on-site or at the Event Site, including identifying
your team, you will not be allowed to switch teams. We are not responsible
for, and will not assist in resolving, any disputes between teammates.
4. Entry
4.1. By submitting an Entry, you represent and warrant that
4.1.1. Any code supplied by you for your Entry is newly created by you or
your team during the Event or is publicly available in accordance
with the General Solution Requirements below.
4.1.2. Your Entry does not violate the rights — including, but not limited to,
copyrights, trademark rights, or patent rights— of any third party.
4.1.3. You have secured all rights necessary from third parties to submit
the Entry.
4.1.4. That you have complied with this agreement.
4.2. Cisco reserves the right to disqualify any Entry that is offensive or
otherwise unlawful. Please make sure your Entry is appropriate for all
viewing audiences. e) Please see Section 8 for information about how we
may use your Entry.
5. General Solution Requirements
5.1. You must create an innovative, demonstrable application that garners the
most judging points at the conclusion of the Event. The idea for your Entry
Solution may have existed before the Event. However, where the same or a
similar idea already exists in another form your Entry may not be judged as
highly as it would have been otherwise, particularly in the Innovation and
Originality criteria.
5.2. Usage of Cisco technologies. You must use at least one Cisco Technology in
your Solution. You will be judged highly for using more than one Cisco
technology in your Solution. The list of technologies will be made available
no later than the start time of the Event and will be available on the Event
Site. The list of technologies is also subject to change at any point before or
during the hackathon.
5.3. Usage of 3rd party technologies: You are allowed to use other sample code,
libraries, SDKs, and APIs as long as these technologies are:
5.3.1. Publicly available and discoverable - for the purpose of Other
Technologies, this shall mean available on the internet as of Oct. 1st,
2015; indexed and reachable through the top three search engines
(Google, Bing, Yahoo).
5.3.2. Easily accessible (i.e., anyone can download or access if signup is
required, access must be granted within 3 hours).
5.4. With the exception of the Cisco Technologies and Other Allowed
Technologies, all code included in your Entry must be created by you and
your registered team during the course of the Event. Each team may only
submit one Entry, and all materials related to the Entry must be in English.
5.5. If you use any third party copyrighted materials, you must have
appropriate permission and disclose the permission information to
Software Guru.
5.6. We reserve the right to assess your eligibility and compliance with this
agreement at any point during the Event. If we require any assistance in
order to assess your compliance, you must promptly provide that
assistance. If you do not provide the requested assistance, or if we have
reason to believe that you are not complying with this agreement, you may
be disqualified, in our sole discretion.
6. Judging
6.1. You will be given up to three minutes to publicly demonstrate your Solution
in front of a panel of judges and peers, followed by a two-minute public
question-and-answer period. All team members must be present at the
presentation.
6.2. Judges will not be Software Guru employees. If a Judge or participant has a
conflict of interest, they must identify the conflict to us and that Judge will
be recused from judging the Entry with the conflict. An alternate judge will
be identified as a substitution for the judge with the conflict. For a current
list of judges and their companies visit to the Event Site.
6.3. The judges will evaluate your App based on your demo according to the
following Judging Criteria, each of which will be scored on a scale of
between 1-10 points. In the event of a tie, judges will deliberate to
determine the winner. i) Problem Being Solved ii) Originality iii) Innovation
iv) Business Potential v) User Experience vi) Use of Cisco Technologies
6.4. At approximately 5:00 PM on Tuesday, November 3rd the winning teams
will be announced.
6.5. Judges scores and feedback will be sent to each team member who
participated in the Event within 24 hours after the winner announcement.
6.6. Entries may be subject to a due diligence review for eligibility and
compliance with this agreement or any other posted requirements.
Determination of eligibility and compliance is at our sole discretion, and
may result in your disqualification.
7. Prizes
7.1. The prizes are per team, and each team will decide how to divide it.
7.2. Cisco reserves the right not to award a prize in the event of an insufficient
number of eligible entries meeting the minimum judging criteria as
determined in Cisco’s sole discretion.
7.3. Cisco is not responsible for any dispute among teams or team Participants
related to prizes.
7.4. Cisco reserves the right to award additional prizes or giveaways with little
or no notice.
7.5. The qualifying team with the highest judging score will be awarded US
$3,000 or equivalent in vouchers and prizes; the next highest scoring
qualifying team will be awarded US $1,500 or equivalent in vouchers and
prizes.
7.6. The prize money will be sent to the winners within one month from the
receipt of all necessary forms and identification.
7.7. A representative of each team may be required to sign an Affidavit of
Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release, and tax receipt (CFDI) in order to
receive a prize. If you do not sign the required forms or provide the
required information in a timely manner, we may disqualify you from
receiving a prize.
7.8. Each member of the winning teams is solely responsible for paying income
taxes on awarded prize.
8. How Your Entry May be Used
8.1. You do not transfer ownership of your Entry (or any part of it). However, by
submitting an Entry, you grant us an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide
rights and license to: (a) use, review, assess, test, and otherwise analyze
your Entry and all its content in connection with the Event; and (b) feature
your Entry and all its content for promotional purposes (including, but not
limited to, in advertisements, press releases, presentations, and trade
shows) in all media, now known or later developed. You also agree to sign
any necessary documentation that may be required for us and our
designees to make use of the rights you granted.
8.2. You acknowledge that we, other entrants or others may have developed or
commissioned materials similar or identical to your Entry, and you waive
any claims you may have resulting from any similarities to your Entry.
8.3. You understand that we cannot control the information you disclose to us
or our representatives in the course of participating in the Event, or what
we or our representatives will remember about your Entry. You also
understand that we will not restrict work assignments of representatives
who have had access to your Entry. By participating in the Event, you agree
that we may use any information in our representatives’ unaided memories
in the development or deployment of our products or services without
liability or compensation to you.
8.4. You understand that you will not receive any compensation or credit from
us for use (other than the award that you may receive according to the
present terms) of your Entry in connection with this Event. This provision
does not limit any compensation you may receive through us or third
parties as a result of your use or marketing or profiting from the
application beyond this Event or as provided in this agreement. We are not
responsible for any unauthorized use of your Entry by those accessing or
viewing your Entry.
8.5. Please note that after the Event you and/or your Entry may be publicized in
advertisements related to the Event. These advertisements may be
distributed online and posted on our site or third-party websites.
8.6. While we reserve the rights set forth above, we are not obligated to use
your Entry for any purpose, even if it has been selected as a winning Entry.
8.7. If you do not want to grant us these rights to your Entry, please do not
enter this Event.
8.8. Nothing in this agreement shall be interpreted as granting you permission
to use or display any of the Cisco or DevNet trademarks (including any logo
or brand) or rights in any Cisco technologies or Intellectual Property. You
agree to contact us prior to promoting or publicizing your participation in
and, if applicable, your winning the Event.
9. General Terms
9.1. By registering and participating in the Event, you indicate your full and
unconditional agreement to this agreement and other instructions related
to the Event, as well as to our decisions regarding the Event, which are final
and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements
in this agreement.
9.2. We may modify any provision of this agreement, at any time, by posting an
updated agreement at the Event Site, and may clarify these agreement on
the DevNet Communities Forum. You are responsible for checking these
sites regularly.
9.3. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to disqualify and seek damages
from any individual or team who fails or failed to comply with any provision
of this agreement, cheats, tampers with the operation of the Event, or
otherwise acts in a disruptive or inappropriate manner.
10. Privacy and Publicity
10.1. Information you submit to us when you participate in the Event will be
treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy. In addition, when you submit
information on a website run by a third party in connection with this Event,
your information may be used by that third party in accordance with its
privacy policy. The Cisco Privacy Policy can be viewed at
http://www.cisco.com/web/siteassets/legal/privacy_full.html
10.2. You may be filmed or photographed while you are participating in the
Event. Except where prohibited, by participating in the Event, you agree
that we may use your name, likeness, photographs, audio-visual footage,
comments, and any other record of your participation in the Event for
promotional purposes at any time and in any media.
11. Licensing and Intellectual Property Rights
11.1. Cisco does not claim any license or any intellectual property rights in
Participant’s submission, except for the limited license to review the
submission as part of Hackathon judging and awarding of prizes.
12. Liability Release and Indemnity
12.1. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL CISCO BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN
CONNECTION WITH, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE
HACKATHON AND/OR THIS AGREEMENT EXCEPT FOR FRAUD OR GROSS
NEGLIGENCE. 1
13. Governing Law and Severability
13.1. All disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or in connection with
the Hackathon, prizes or the Agreement shall be resolved individually,
without resort to any form of class action.
13.2. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of Mexico without regard to any conflict of laws, rules, and principles.
13.3. If for any reason any provision of this Agreement is adjudicated to be
unenforceable, that provision of the Agreement will be enforced to the
maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the parties, and
the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect.
14. Sponsor and Administrator
14.1. The Event is sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 W Tasman Drive, San
Jose, CA 95134, USA.
14.2. The Event is administered by Software Guru, San Francisco 280 altos,
Colonia del Valle México D.F.
14.3. Event registration is provided through EventBrite, 155 5th St, 7th Floor, San
Francisco, CA 94103, USA
15. External Sites and Resources
15.1. The Event Site is available at http://devnethackathonlatam.com
15.2. The Registration Site is available at
http://www.eventbrite.es/e/entradas-devnet-hackathon-cisco-live-cancun-2
015-18267357157
15.3. The DevNet Communities Forum is available at
https://communities.cisco.com/community/develop