1. Prizes
  2. Entrance Fee
  3. Scope
  4. Implementation Timeframe
  5. Deliverables
  6. Submission Correspondence
  7. Evaluation
  8. Rules & Regulation

  1. Prizes
    2. First Prize RM 3,000 cash
    Second Prize RM 1,500 cash
    Third Prize RM 500 cash
    Consolation Prizes 3 x Prizes

     

  2. Entrance Fee

    3. 2.1. No entrance fee is required.

     

  3. Scope

    4. 3.1. Participants are required to implement a system using open source technology. The implementation should include analysis, design, development and deployment.The following components from the Open Source Community may be used:

    3.1.1. Web and/ or application server
    3.1.2. Database server
    3.1.3. Web-based database tool
    3.1.4. Versioning system
    3.1.5. LDAP server
    3.1.6. SMS gateway

    3.2. The deployment of any of the above components must not have dependencies on any commercial products.

    3.3. Any other open source technology can be used,where applicable.

    3.4. Participants must make use of software(either readymade or created by the participant), to produce a workable solution. The usage of open source software should be clearly stated in the documentation.

    3.5. Any APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) used must be non-proprietary and not belonging to any commercial product.

     

  4. Implementation Timeframe
    5.

    4.1. All participants will be given approximately 2 months (March 2011 – 30 June 2011) to implement (analysis, design, development and deployment) their solutions.

     

  5. Deliverables

    6. 5.1. Deliverable Items

    5.1.1. Project Summary

    5.1.2. A workable system

    5.2. Format of Project Summary

    All participants must adhere to the following format for submission.

    5.2.1. Participant details, which must include:

    • Full Name
    • I.C. Number
    • Postal address
    • Email address
    • Contact number
    • Institution Name

    5.2.2. Name of the software

    5.2.3. Description of the system, and its values to the intended audience (300 words max)

    5.2.4. Solution Architecture (500 words max)

    5.2.5. Functionalities and features, and their innovativeness and uniqueness (1,000 words max)

    5.2.6. Future enhancements (if any) (300 words max)

    5.2.7. Potential (300 words max)

    5.2.8. References/Notes (300 words max)

     

  6. Submission Correspondence

    7. 6.1. Submission Closing Date: 30 June, 2011.

    6.2. All entries or deliverable items are to be sent either in CD format and/or email access URL link to a hosted website to the following addresses:

    6.2.1. E-mail address: opensource@sains.com.my

    6.2.2. Postal address:

      Secretariat
      Sarawak Open Source Competition 2011
      Sarawak Information Systems Sdn. Bhd.
      Lot 369, Block 10 KCLD
      Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
      93150 Kuching, Sarawak.

     

  7. Evaluation & Results

    8. 7.1. Evaluation of the submitted proposals will take approximately 2 weeks from the closing date.

    7.2. All submissions will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

    • Practicality
    • Creativity
    • Innovativeness
    • Effort

    7.3. Project Demonstration/ Presentation

    7.3.1. If necessary, participants might be called to present their project to the evaluation panel at SAINS' Kuching office.

    7.4. All participating entries shall be presented with a Certificate of Participation.

     

  8. Rules & Regulations

    9. 8.1. The competition is open to all students from Institutions of Higher Learning in Sarawak except for those who are employees of SAINS group of companies.

    8.2. Participants may send in more than one proposal, but only one entry will be eligible for prize consideration in the competition.

    8.3. Any software that has previously placed in any other competition is not eligible for entry in this Competition. An entry will have been deemed entered upon the receipt of the project. The Organizer does not accept any responsibility for late or lost entries due to the Internet or Postal Service. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt.

    8.4. The organizer will not pass any participant's personal details on to any other organization without permission except for the purposes of running the competition which participant has entered.

    8.5. The Organizer’s decision is final in all situations including any not covered in the rules and regulations and no correspondence will be entered into.

    8.6. The Organizer reserves the right to cancel the competition at any stage, if deemed necessary, and if circumstances arise outside of their control.

    8.7. All references, especially relating to open source products must be clearly specified within documentation.

    8.8. Any licenses adopted must adhere to at least one license recognized by the Open Software Initiative listed at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.php.

    8.9. Participants must not submit any unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or otherwise objectionable pieces of work, or any work which infringes upon a third person's copyright.

    8.10. Winners will be contacted personally by e-mail.

    8.11. The Organizer reserves the right to select, edit and arrange the submitted projects, and to remove them from the website at any time at its sole discretion.

    8.12. All expenses incurred within the implementation cycle of the competition shall be borne by the participant. Participants will be deemed to have accepted these rules and to have agreed to be bound by them at the time of entry into this competition.