DevC Gabz Community Challenge Build Day & Hacking the Night

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN A PRIZE IN THIS CONTEST. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

WINNER MAY BE REQUIRED TO EXECUTE PRIZE ACCEPTANCE DOCUMENTS AND RETURN THEM WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS FROM DATE OF ISSUANCE OF NOTIFICATION (OR OTHER SPECIFIED TIMEFRAME IN NOTIFICATION) OR PRIZE MAY BE FORFEITED (IN SPONSOR’S SOLE DISCRETION), AS MORE FULLY DETAILED BELOW.

INTERNET ACCESS, A VALID FACEBOOK ACCOUNT, AND A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS ARE REQUIRED.

BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST, ENTRANT (DEFINED BELOW) AGREES THAT THEIR APPLICATION (DEFINED BELOW) WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SPONSOR, ADMINISTRATOR, AND JUDGES FOR USE FREE-OF-CHARGE THROUGHOUT THE CONTEST PERIOD (INCLUDING THE JUDGING PROCESS AND WINNER VERIFICATION), AS DESCRIBED IN MORE DETAIL BELOW. ENTRANT MUST HAVE A VALID DEVPOST.COM ACCOUNT AND COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF DEVPOST.COM TO ENTER.

BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST, ENTRANT AGREES TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES (“TERMS”), WHICH ARE A CONTRACT, SO READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIS CONTRACT INCLUDES INDEMNITIES TO THE SPONSOR FROM THE ENTRANT (i.e., A REQUIREMENT THAT THE ENTRANT DEFEND AND/OR REIMBURSE SPONSOR FROM/FOR CERTAIN LOSSES) AND A LIMITATION OF ENTRANT’S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. IN ADDITION, THESE TERMS INCLUDE THE RIGHT OF SPONSOR AFFILIATES TO CONTACT ENTRANT DIRECTLY.

OVERVIEW: 2019 Developer Circles Community Challenge from Facebook (“Contest”) is sponsored by Facebook, Inc. (“Sponsor”) and administered by Devpost, Inc (“Administrator” or “Devpost”). The “Submission Period” begins at 12:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET") (4:00:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time ("GMT")) on July 9, 2019, and ends at 4:59:59 p.m. ET (8:59:59 p.m. GMT) on September 20, 2019. This is a two (2) phase Contest, where potential regional prize winners will be given an additional time-period to continue building their Application, which will be subject to a second round of judging (as described in the "Winner Selection/Notification" section below). The time period beginning with the Submission Period and ending with the potential winner announcement on or around November 19, 2019 is the "Contest Period". To enter, eligible participants must first determine whether they will participate in this Contest as an Individual, a Team, or an Organization (defined below). The Individual, Team, or Organization then may enter the Contest by creating and submitting an Application through the Website (terms as defined in the "How to Enter" section below) during the Submission Period. Sponsor may run a similar, but separate promotion during the Contest Period; entry into this Contest does not constitute entry into any other Sponsor promotion.  As set forth in more detail below, the Application must be functioning software that uses React360, Spark AR, or HTML5 Games to give people the power to connect with friends and family, find communities and grow businesses.

Entries received in accordance with these Terms will be evaluated by a panel of Sponsor-selected Judges (defined below), all in accordance with the judging procedures detailed under the “Winner Selection/Notification” section, below. By entering this Contest, Entrant agrees that the name of Entrant’s Application, Entrant’s biographical information, and other content provided by Entrant may be publicly announced, including, without limitation, online. THE PRIZE IN THIS CONTEST WILL BE AWARDED TO THE ENTRANT IDENTIFIED IN THE ENTRY (DEFINED BELOW) (WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL, TEAM, OR ORGANIZATION).

ELIGIBILITY: For the purposes of this Contest, the “Territory” means any country, state, province, territory, region, or jurisdiction where the laws of the United States or local law do not prohibit participating or receiving a prize in the Contest and excludes Quebec, and Crimea, Cuba, Sudan, Iran, North Korea, Syria and any other country designated by the United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

This Contest is open only to the following:

(a) natural persons who are, as of the date of entry, (i) a legal resident of a country, state, province or territory within the Territory, and (ii) at least eighteen (18) years old and the age of majority in his or her jurisdiction of residence (e.g., country, province, state, prefect, territory, district, etc.) (any and each, an “Individual”); or

(b) entities and organizations that are, as of the date of entry and through the time of prize fulfillment, legally formed or recognized by a jurisdiction within the Territory and have a principal place of business in the Territory (any and each, an “Organization”); or

(c) an association of not more than ten (10) individuals that does not constitute a legally recognized entity, provided that each natural person comprising such an association is (i) a legal resident of a country, state, or province within the Territory and (ii) at least eighteen (18) years old and the age of majority in his or her jurisdiction of residence (any and each, a “Team”). A Team Entrant may have no fewer than two (2) and no more than ten (10) members.

(Where distinction is not necessary, any Individual, Organization, or Team (including each Team member) that enters or takes steps to participate in this Contest is referred to in these Terms as an “Entrant.”)

In addition to and without limiting any of the above, each Entrant (including all members of a Team Entrant) and any Representative (defined below) of an Organization Entrant must be a member of Facebook in good standing at the time of entry and throughout the award of the prizes in this Contest.

Employees, officers, directors, members, managers, agents, and representatives of Sponsor, Administrator, or any other entities participating in the design, promotion, marketing, administration, or fulfillment of this Contest, or any of their respective corporate partners, parent companies, divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors in interest, and advertising, promotion, and public relations agencies (collectively, the “Released Parties”) and any family member or member of the same household (whether or not related) of any such persons are not eligible to enter or win a prize in this Contest. For purposes of this Contest, the term “family member” is defined as any spouse, partner, parent, legal guardian, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or in-law.

Entrant (including each member of a Team) must not be under any legal or contractual obligation that would prohibit its participation in this Contest as described in these Terms. If participating in this Contest would result in a violation by Entrant of any law applicable to it or any agreement to which it is a party, such Entrant is ineligible.

Participation in this Contest constitutes Entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Terms and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters. Any natural person completing any portion of the entry process described in these Terms on behalf of an Organization or Team Entrant must be authorized to legally bind that Organization or Team.

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

If a Team or Organization is entering the Contest, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and enter, on their behalf. The Representative must meet the eligibility requirements above. By entering 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.

HOW TO ENTER:  To enter the Contest, eligible Entrants must prepare and submit an Application to Sponsor during the Submission Period through the website located at https://developercircles2019.devpost.com/ (“Website”), by following the Website’s on-screen instructions and supplying all required information. To enter the Contest, Entrants must do the following, without limitation:

• Register for the Contest on the Website by clicking the “Register for 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.
• Create (or update) a software application that (i) integrates at least one (1) of the following products: Facebook’s AR Camera platform (Spark AR), Facebook’s React360, and HTML5 Games; and (ii) fits into one (1) of the following three (3) categories:
  • Gaming and Entertainment (including applications that people find fun, amusing, engaging, and/or will want to interact and play with)
  • Productivity and Utility (including applications that make people more efficient, and/or helps people improve productivity); and
  • Social Good (including applications that help others, benefit the greater good and/or provide benefit to society)
• Create a video describing and demonstrating the Application, which should be less than approximately two (2) minutes in duration and must comply with the additional requirements set forth below (“Video”). The Video must be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, or Youku, may only be submitted via a link to the Video as publicly hosted and viewable on such site or platform, and must comply with all third-party terms and conditions that apply to the site or platform on which it resides.
• Complete and enter all of the required fields on the “Enter a Submission” page of the Website ("Entry Form") during the Submission Period, which will include, without limitation, the following:
  • The Application’s name and a short overview of the Application and its function and features;
  • Screenshots of the Application (optional);
  • The set of software frameworks/libraries/APIs or components used to create your Application (“Tech Stack”);
  • As determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion and subject to Sponsor's verification, either a URL to the deployed Application or a link to GitHub repository, and installation files, or other testing instructions that provide access to the working version of the Entrant’s Application (see below for additional details on testing);
  • Specification of whether the Entrant is an Individual, Team, or Organization;
    • If entrant is a Team, the email address of all Team members who worked on the Entry;
  • Developer Circle participation, if any;
  • Which Facebook developer products Entrant used;
  • Which region best applies to your location (There are seven applicable regions in the Contest: (i) North America, (ii) Asia Pacific, (iii) India, (iv) Sub Saharan Africa, (v) Middle East/North Africa, (vi) Europe; and (vii) Latin America);
  • Which bonus prize category best applies to your Application: Gaming and Entertainment; Productivity and Utility; or Social Good (NOTE: At any time, and at its sole discretion, the Sponsor will have the ability to re-assign an Entry from one prize category to another (e.g., among the bonus prize categories or regions or between the “new” or “pre-existing” Application designations). Entries in each prize category are eligible for different prizes as described below); and
  • Whether your Application is newly created during the Submission Period or was pre-existing and, if pre-existing, how you have integrated at least one of the featured Facebook products or deepened the existing integration during the Submission Period.

The Application and related content and information submitted through the Website in accordance with these Terms, all instructions on the Website, and instructions of Sponsor and Administrator, and actually received by Sponsor and Administrator, are referred to in these terms as an “Entry.”

An Entrant’s Application, and any other text, video, images, code, software, or other content that an Entrant submits to Sponsor and Administrator as part of this Contest is referred to collectively as the Entrant’s “Entrant Content”. All Entrant Content submitted in this Contest must comply fully with the “Entry Requirements” section of these Terms below.

Entries must be submitted and received by Sponsor and Administrator during the Submission Period and in strict accordance with these Terms. Administrator’s clock will be the official timekeeper for this Contest. For purposes of this Contest, only complete Entries that are actually received by Sponsor and Administrator through the Website and during the Submission Period will be considered. Other proof of submitting or attempting to submit an Entry (such as, without limitation, a printed, saved or copied automated receipt confirming entry, a “Thanks for submitting” screen or message) does not constitute proof of actual receipt of the Entry for purposes of this Contest. Those who do not abide by these Terms and the instructions of Sponsor and Administrator and provide all required Entrant Content may, in Sponsor and or Administrator’s discretion, be disqualified. Entries or participation may not be acknowledged and will not be returned. Entries (or participation that does not qualify as an “Entry”) that are incomplete, lost, late, misdirected, mutilated, fraudulent, illegitimate, incomprehensible, garbled, or generated by a macro, bot, or other automated means will not be accepted and will be void. Entries or participation made on behalf of an Entrant by a third party not affiliated or associated with that Entrant (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) or originating through any commercial promotion subscription, notification, or entering services will be declared invalid and disqualified for this Contest. No Released Party will have any responsibility or liability for any dispute regarding any Entrant, including the identity of any Individual Entrant, the composition or members of a Team Entrant, or the distribution of any prize won among members of a Team Entrant. In the event that any dispute regarding an Entry or Entrant (including those regarding the identity or members of an Entrant Team or any Entrant’s rights in an Application) cannot be resolved to Sponsor’s satisfaction, the Entry will be deemed ineligible and the Entrant disqualified. As a condition of entering the Contest, without limiting any other provision in these Terms, each Entrant gives consent for Sponsor and its agents to obtain and deliver his/her/their name, address and other information and Entry to third parties for the purpose of administering this Contest and complying with applicable laws, regulations, and rules. ENTRIES MAY NOT BE ACKNOWLEDGED, WILL NOT BE RETURNED AND, IN FACT, MAY BE DESTROYED. KEEP A COPY OR THE ORIGINAL OF EACH ELEMENT OF THE ENTRY. ANY ENTRY THAT DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS IN THESE TERMS MAY, IN SPONSOR OR ADMINISTRATOR’S DISCRETION, BE DEEMED INELIGIBLE.