Rules for the {open}:hack Action Week Lisbon Feb 1 - 3

Overview

  • The Hackathon is designed to help developers to rapidly create cool new innovative solutions using an open ecosystem platform and open API suite.  The hackathon is also designed to gain feedback on the new open APIs, Partner Onboarding, Privacy and Preordering.
  • The {open}:hack will take place between 11:00am on Monday Feb 1st & Wednesday Feb 3rd. 
  • TM Forum Hackathon sponsors may offer prizes during the Hackathon.  The respective sponsor will be responsible for these prizes and in the determination of the winners for these prizes.
  • Sponsor and Administrator ● The Hackathon is sponsored and administered by TM Forum.  240 Headquarters Plaza, East Tower, 10th Floor;  Morristown, NJ 07960-6628 USA
  • These rules were last updated on Jan 18th 2016.

 

Eligibility

  • The Hackathon is open to all registered participants.  The roles specifically being sought are developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and entrepreneur as well as enterprise developers.
  • If you are an employee of a corporation, government agency, or an academic institution, you are responsible for ensuring that your participation in the Hackathon complies with any policies your corporation, agency, or institution may have regarding participation in an event of this type. We are not responsible for any disputes arising between you and your employer.

 

Style

  • TM Forum’s {open collaborative hack}: is a collaborative rather than competitive event.  There will be significant learning and networking opportunities.  There are no prizes.  Participation will lead to improvements in R&D cycles for critical industry APIs, such as Privacy, Partner On-boarding and pre-ordering.  These will have benefits right across society. 
  • Participation will help the developer both enterprise and individual to test out the art of the possible of their applications in an ecosystem environment when capabilities and mashed together from different sources.
  • As with all activities at Action Week, this is a collaborative event where all participants are respected and in an inclusive way and operate within the bylaws of TM Forum.

 

Registration and Check-in

  • Please register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tm-forum-open-hack-tickets-20145400435
  • Please arrive at the Hackathon venue between 8:30am and 10:30am on Monday Feb 1st.
  • A maximum of five eligible individuals will permitted per team. Your entire team should register as a team on ChallengePost by 1:00 PM on Wednesday, Feb 3rd 2016.
  • You will be issued a badge on site that you must wear visibly while at the venue.

 

Submission 

Please submit your team’s Entry at http://tmforum-open-hack-lisbon.devpost.com by 2:30 PM on Feb 3rd. Your submission should include:

  • Your App, product or service submission:
    • Title
    • Tagline
    • Description (should be approximately 500 words); 
    • Explanation regarding which TM Forum APIs have been used
    • Feedback regarding use of the APIs and platform from the event
    • Screenshots or image, with a maximum size of 5mb; format should be JPG, PNG or GIF
    • Capturing a video of your submission and posting to utube is recommended
    • Git Commit submissions should be submitted as described in the section below. 
    • It is not obligatory to submit the full code at the end of the hackathon.  It is however, highly recommended to submit the new code created at the hackathon to the open source community. 

  • By making the submission, you represent and warrant that:
    • Any code you supply for your entry is yours or your teams to choose to submit and is being submitted in alignment with TM Forum's IPR agreement. 

General App Requirements

  • You should create an app or product using combination's of TM Forum Open APIs with particular focus on the new Privacy, Partner Onboarding and Pre Ordering APIs, FIWARE, Ericsson APIs and IBM’s Bluemix Platform.  
  • Fresh code rule applies only to integration code.  You are highly encouraged to bring any product or service you may already have.  
  • Startups and enterprise developers are encouraged to bring their products and demonstrate how they can be used to create new services in an ecosystem environment.  They are not expected to submit their product as part of the submission.  You will retain all your IPR on your product. 

Allowed Technologies:

  • TM Forum and Sponsor Platforms and APIs and products or applications brought to the hackathon by participants for sharing and leveraging in the open hack. 
  • Other Technologies: You are also able to use source code, sample code, libraries, SDKs, and APIs as long as these technologies are: Publicly discoverable and available for public use in developing applications.

   

Git Commit

  • Each team is suggested to commit their new code created during the {open} hack to a public or private repository on GitHub on Wednesday Feb 3rd between 2pm – 3pm.
  • The Git Commit should include all source code of your app including CSS and supporting media
  • If, for whatever reason, your team is unable to submit via Git, then the source should be zipped up and submitted via e-mail within the deadlines to hackathon@tmforum.org            

 

Judging

  • There is no judging as this is a collaborative hack.  Feedback will be gathered from the wider action week audience in a collaborative supportive manner. 

 

How Your Entry May be Used

  • You do not transfer ownership of your Entry (or any part of it). However, by submitting an Entry, you grant us an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide rights and license to: (a) use, review, assess, test, and otherwise analyze your Entry and all its content in connection with the Hackathon; and (b) feature your Entry and all its content for promotional purposes (including, but not limited to, in advertisements, press releases, presentations, and trade shows) in all media, now known or later developed. You also agree to sign any necessary documentation that may be required for us and our designees to make use of the rights you granted.
  • You acknowledge that we, other entrants or others may have developed or commissioned materials similar or identical to your Entry, or may develop something similar in the future, and you waive any claims you may have resulting from any similarities to your Entry.
  • Please note that after the Hackathon, you and/or your Entry may be publicized in advertisements related to the Hackathon. These advertisements may be distributed online and posted on our site or third-party websites. 
  • While we reserve the rights set forth above, we are not obligated to use your Entry for any purpose, even if it has been selected as a winning Entry. 

 

Privacy and Publicity

 

  • Information you submit to us when you participate in the Hackathon will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy. In addition, when you submit information on a website run by a third party in connection with this Hackathon, your information may be used by that third party in accordance with its privacy policy. 
  • You may be filmed or photographed while you are participating in the Hackathon. Except where prohibited, by participating in the Hackathon, you agree that we may use your name, likeness, photographs, audio-visual footage, comments, and any other record of your participation in the Hackathon.