Article 1: Contest details

The contest entitled “FROGANS AWARDS 2” is organized jointly by:

• The OP3FT (Organization for the Promotion, Protection and Progress of the Frogans Technology), a French Fonds de dotation (a non-profit organization), created under article 140 of the French Law on the Modernization of the Economy of August 4, 2008, law number 2008-776, whose declaration of creation was published on March 17, 2012, in the Journal Officiel of the French Republic (JOAFE n°11) under number 1540. The OP3FT’s SIREN number is 750.584.864. The registered office of the OP3FT is located at 6 square Mozart, 75016 Paris, France.
  Hereafter “the OP3FT”
• AfricaDNSCheck, a community project of the l’Association Jeunesse with registered office at Parakou, Quartier Tranza, Benin, with registration number 2013/005/PDBA/SG/SAG/DASCCS.
  Hereafter “AfricaDNSCheck”
• Ginkit, a SARLU company with registered office at 3 rue Saint Ambroise, 75011 Paris, France, listed with the RCS Paris under the number 534.842.604.
  Hereafter “Ginkit”
• Netpia Inc., a company with registered office at 37, Maebongsan-ro, Mapo-gu, 03909 Seoul, Korea, with business registration number 120-81-74896.
  Hereafter “Netpia”
• Safebrands, an SAS company with registered office at 37, Rue Guibal – Pôle Média de la Belle de Mai, 13003 Marseille, France, listed with the RCS Marseille under the number 412.721.524.
  Hereafter “Safebrands”
  Hereafter referred to collectively as the “Organizers”

Since 2012, the OP3FT, whose purpose is to hold, promote, protect and ensure the progress of the Frogans technology, in the form of an open standard for the Internet, available to all, free of charge, has been working to ensure that the Frogans technology becomes a reality available to all.

The Frogans technology is a secure technology for the publishing of content on the Internet, open to the creativity of publishers and at the service of all Internet users. It enables the introduction of a new software layer on the Internet, called the Frogans layer, alongside other existing software layers such as E-mail or the Web.

AfricaDNSCheck is a community project which develops a tools application of “Check DNS” and “Internet Network Measurement” for the DNS infrastructure in Africa. AfricaDNSCheck is also an FCR Account Administrator with the identifier A-618180006-001.

Ginkit offers services related to the Frogans technology (registration of dedicated Frogans networks and of Frogans addresses, hosting and design of Frogans sites) via the http://frogans-editors.com Web site. Ginkit is also an FCR Account Administrator with the identifier A-050255076-001.

Netpia is a leading network corporation naming everyone and everything in the internet through real name domain solution. Netpia is also an FCR Account Administrator with the identifier A-003386082-001.

SafeBrands offers a personalized and high-quality service to thousands of clients in its three areas of expertise: comprehensive domain name portfolio management, added value hosting and SSL Certificates. Safebrands is also an FCR Account Administrator with the identifier A-076003002-001.

The OP3FT, AfricaDNSCheck, Ginkit, Netpia and Safebrands are inviting everybody to participate, at no cost, in a contest they are organizing: “FROGANS AWARDS 2” for the best creators of Frogans sites.

This second global contest for the creation of Frogans sites, open to everybody, including developers, freelance designers and students, has the following indicative themes: “e-Commerce” and “Surprise me!”. Participants are welcome to submit Frogans sites of their own themes.

Each participant selected for the final round will win a Frogans address of a public Frogans network free of charge for one year, that can be freely chosen (subject to availability) in one of 179 possible languages.

The creations submitted by finalists will be presented publicly during the Frogans Technology Conference 7 on June 14, 2016 at IUT Descartes (Paris, France) and four (4) prizes will be awarded. Two prizes will be awarded by a jury (Artistic Impression Prize and Technical Merit Prize). One prize will be awarded by the audience by applause meter and one prize will be awarded by voters on social networks.

Article 2: Participation

The contest is open to all physical persons, at least 18 years old, residing in France or abroad, as well as to all legal persons, whose registered office and main activity are in France or abroad.

There is no submission fee.

The contest is not open to OP3FT employees and regular contractors, nor to AfricaDNSCheck, Ginkit, Netpia and Safebrands employees.

Article 3: Contest Dates

• April 29, 2016: opening date
• June 7, 2016 at 12.00 noon (UTC +2): deadline for submission of creations
• June 8, 2016 at 8.00 p.m. (UTC +2): notification sent to finalists
• June 14, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. (UTC +2): public presentation of finalists’ creations during the Frogans Technology Conference 7, vote and awards.

Article 4: Contest details and Selection of finalists

“FROGANS AWARDS 2” comprises three phases:

• phase 1: submission of creations
• phase 2: selection of finalists by the Organizers
• phase 3: public presentation of finalists’ creations during the Frogans Technology Conference 7, vote and awards.

Phase 1: Submission of creations

To participate in “FROGANS AWARDS 2”, participants must proceed as follows:

• participants subscribe to the Frogans-awards mailing list
• participants develop a Frogans site using the FSDL 3.0 language and Frogans Player for Developers
• participants put their Frogans site online using a free-of-charge test Frogans address (on get.frogans, click the link to a platform among the currently available versions and see the “Instructions” section)
• participants submit their Frogans site by sending an email to the following E-mail address: frogans-awards@frogans.org;
• participants must give their first name and family name in the email;
• participants must give parameters of their test Frogans address in the email (copy/paste the <test-frogans-site> element from their configuration-for-testing.xml file);
• participants must use a personal, valid E-mail address;
• each participant can include, in the email, a “support structure” (employer, university, school or other structure); if the participant wins, the support structure will also win under the conditions given in article 6 below;
• each participant can include, in the email, his Twitter account (if he has one) so that the Organizers can count the number of retweets that enable the participant to become a finalist; if the participant wins, then retweeters drawn at random will also win under the conditions given in article 6 below.

Each participant can submit as many creations as he wants, subject to each creation being submitted by means of a separate email.

In submitting his creation, the participant undertakes to respect these Rules, and in particular the obligations given in articles 5 and 7 below.

Phase 2: Selection of finalists by the Organizers

The finalists will be selected from the phase 1 participants according to the number of retweets they have received.

Each participant is encouraged to tweet the fact that he has submitted the creation (Tweet suggestion: “I entered the #FrogansAwards. Please retweet for a chance to win your own #Frogans address! http://bit.ly/1QvVsNi”).

The more a participant’s message is retweeted, the more likely he is to be one of the finalists.

Moreover, if a finalist wins the contest, the tweeters who retweeted will have an opportunity to participate in a random draw to win prizes, under the conditions given in article 6 below.

If a participant in phase 1 does not have a Twitter account or does not wish to tweet in regards to his creation, he may nevertheless be chosen as a finalist by the Organizers.

Each participant selected for the final round will be contacted by the Organizers so that he can choose a Frogans address of a public Frogans network.

All participants will be informed before June 8, 2016 at 8.00 p.m. (UTC +2) of the Organizers’ decision as to whether or not they are finalists.

Information concerning the number of tweets and retweets will be available on request.

Phase 3: Public presentation of finalists’ creations during the Frogans Technology Conference 7, vote and awards

The OP3FT will present the finalists’ Frogans sites to the audience during Frogans Technology Conference 7 on June 14, 2016.

Creations will be judged by a jury which will award two Prizes: one Artistic Impression Prize and one Technical Merit Prize.

Creations will be judged by voters on social networks who will award a Social Networks Prize.

Creations will also be judged by the audience which will award an Audience Prize by applause meter.

Neither the OP3FT, AfricaDNSCheck, Ginkit, Netpia nor Safebrands will cover the travel costs of participants to the Frogans Technology Conference 7.

Article 5: Eligibility criteria

– Mandatory technical characteristics:

• Utilization of Frogans Player for Developers [noinstall] Alpha 0.18.1 version (as published on May 26, 2016) or later: https://get.frogans/en/main.html
• Utilization of the FSDL 3.0 language: https://www.frogans.org/en/resources/fsdl/access.html
• Utilization of a test Frogans Address chosen by the participant: the pattern of a test Frogans Address is “Test*Site-Name” where Site-Name is a string of 1 to 28 ASCII characters (AZ, az, 09, -). Unlike Frogans Addresses registered in the FCR, a test Frogans Address cannot have international characters.

– Content:

• The site name chosen as well as the content of the Frogans site must respect laws in force (notably, respect of public order and public morals) and must not violate third-party rights (notably, intellectual property rights and privacy);
• Each participant guarantees that he is the author of the work he submits. No copies of works should be submitted. Any copying or breach of copyright shall lead to the invalidation of the participation in the contest;

The Organizers reserve the right not to present creations which fail to respect these Rules.

Article 6: Prizes

Finalists’ creations will be judged by by four (4) ways:

1. The jury will select one winner during the Frogans Technology Conference 7 for the Artistic Impression Prize: special credit will be given to Frogans sites which use of shapes, transparency and cool navigation contribute to a “never seen on the Web” feeling.
2. The jury will select one winner during the Frogans Technology Conference 7 for the Technical Merit Prize: special credit will be given to Frogans sites that are dynamically-generated, change over time and invite interaction with the users.
3. Voters on social networks will select one winner for the Social Networks Prize by voting online until the Frogans Technology Conference 7.
4. The audience will select one winner by way of an applause meter during the Frogans Technology Conference 7 for the Audience Prize.

The four (4) winners will each win the following prizes awarded by AfricaDNSCheck, Ginkit, Netpia or Safebrands: five (5) addresses of one of the frogans* Public Frogans Networks, and hosting of the corresponding Frogans sites for one (1) year as from the opening of the Frogans Core Registry. Their support structures, if mentioned in the email, will receive the same prizes.

For each of the four (4) winners, five (5) retweeters drawn at random will be awarded one (1) address of one of the frogans* Public Frogans Networks and hosting of the corresponding Frogans site for one (1) year as from the opening of the Frogans Core Registry. The draw of these retweeters will be performed by the Twren.ch application live during the Frogans Technology Conference 7.

The total value of the prizes can be estimated at 600 euros.

Article 7: Commitments given by the participants

Each participant in “FROGANS AWARDS 2” undertakes to:

• read and accept, without reservation, these Rules;
• declare that his creation respects the intellectual property rights of third parties;
• expressly authorize the OP3FT, AfricaDNSCheck, Ginkit, Netpia and Safebrands to publish his name, solely in connection with the contest;
• expressly authorize the OP3FT, AfricaDNSCheck, Ginkit, Netpia and Safebrands to publish the name of the support structure, solely in connection with the contest;
• expressly authorize the OP3FT, AfricaDNSCheck, Ginkit, Netpia and Safebrands to present his creation(s) during the Frogans Technology Conference 7;
• expressly authorize the OP3FT, AfricaDNSCheck, Ginkit, Netpia and Safebrands to publish his creation(s) on their Web sites, without restriction;
• renounce the right to any recourse concerning the conditions of organization of the contest or the voting;
• accept the contest prizes in their attributed form.

The OP3FT, AfricaDNSCheck, Ginkit, Netpia and Safebrands cannot be held legally liable as to the protection of ideas, patents, dossiers, designs or trademarks invented by the participant.

Each participant expressly authorizes the OP3FT, AfricaDNSCheck, Ginkit, Netpia and Safebrands to use and disseminate his image (via hardcopy and Internet) and his creation(s). Each participant waives his image rights, solely for the purposes of this contest, and accepts in advance the dissemination of any photographs and videos that might be taken within the context of the contest.

In compliance with the provisions of article 26 of the French law n°78-17 of January 6, 1978, on Information Technology, Data Files and Civil Liberties, the participants shall have the right to access and amend information provided to the OP3FT, AfricaDNSCheck, Ginkit, Netpia and Safebrands, by sending an email to contact-legal (at) op3ft (dot) org.

Article 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Participation in this contest implies the complete acceptance, without reservations, of these Rules. In the event of a force majeure, the OP3FT, AfricaDNSCheck, Ginkit, Netpia and Safebrands shall be entitled to change, postpone, shorten, extend or cancel this contest without thereby incurring any liability. The participants agree not to submit any claims or seek any damages in this regard.

The official version of these Rules has been provided in French on the Web site of the Frogans Technology Conference. A translation in English has also been provided by the OP3FT for information purposes.