The FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) department in Entel sponsors the free software fast coding competition. These are the conditions for the contest:
1.- FOSS-CODING 2008 is open for every attendant to Euskal Encounter to take part.
2.- In order to take part in the competition, attendants have to organise themselves in teams of at least one and at most four people.
3.- So as to inscribe for the competition you will have to Email us on fosscoding@euskalencounter.org clearly indicating the name of the team, an Email address (where every communication from organisers will be sent) and the remaining identification info from members (name and surname, nick and your place at the party).
4.- Inscription for the contest is completely free.
5.- Once the inscription is finished and within an hour time, applications will be studied and the competition will start at once.
6.- Every inscribed team will receive a message warning about the start of the contest and what does the programme they will have to work out consist of.
7.- From the moment teams receive their acceptance for the competition they will be able to check non-personal data from members of other teams in the participating teams list.
8.- As this is a FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) competition, all the programmes will have to have a free license. Organisers recommend using
GPL v3 (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html), but any other free license will also be accepted (a list can be checked on http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.es.html#SoftwareLicenses).
9.- As this is a FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) competition, the file format and documentation used in the programme have also to be free. For example, OpenOffice.org will be used against Office, and so on.
10.- Equally, it is preferable to use free tools, which might be an important point when evaluating results.
11.- The winning team will receive an Asus EEPC with a 2 GB memory extension. Finalists will also get some prize.
12.- Competiton will start on Friday 25 at 10.00 pm, and the deadline for handing programmes in is on Saturday 26 at 10.00 pm.