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LinuxPPC64 Contest
Robert MacFarlan writes: "IBM is sponsoring a Open Source developer contest for their Linux on POWER (Linux PPC 64)
effort. The contest is designed to award and showcase innovative
new open source applications that are designed or optimized specifically
for Linux running on the PPC architecture. The contest also awards ports
of existing applications from a predetermined list. Contest prizes
include Segway HTs, Apple Power Mac G5s, and cash awards.
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What page are you reading??? This contest is designed for Open Source Developers world-wide (w/ the exception of Quebec Canada). Please see the official rules.
This post patent pending.
"While some companies permit Quebec entrants, many are scared away by unique rules that are mandated by the province's gaming agency.
Quebec is the lone Canadian jurisdiction that requires security deposits, charges fees and enforces strict rules about draws valued at more than $100. Some American states also enforce rules that prevent their residents from participating in contests.
In addition to requiring that all documents be written in French, Quebec's agency charges three per cent of the value of all national prizes, even if a Quebecer doesn't claim a prize, or 10 per cent of the value of a contest run exclusively in the province. The agency collected nearly $1.7 million in fees last year.
In the rest of Canada, large contests are governed only by the federal Competition Act, a broad framework for promotional contests.
"People often exclude Quebec just because they're afraid of these rules and don't really understand them," said Sharon Groom, a Toronto lawyer who represents many advertisers that run contests as a marketing tool.
"They're not actually that bad but a lot of our clients will say we don't want to be bothered with doing this, so they exclude Quebec."