KOTLIN STUDENT CODING
COMPETITION OFFICIAL RULES

To be eligible to enter the Contest you must:
1. Be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in the jurisdiction where you reside, whichever is older);
2. Be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited academic institution, or have been enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited academic institution within the last twelve (12) months;
3. Not be an individual on the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or otherwise under sanction by OFAC (or an immediate family member (spouses, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, and “step" child, wherever they may live) of such an individual) or be employed by or affiliated with an entity sanctioned by OFAC;
4. Not be a resident of Brazil, Quebec, Italy, or any country, state, province, or territory subject to comprehensive OFAC sanctions, including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or the regions of Crimea, Donetsk or Luhansk of Ukraine; and
5. Not be an employee or official of a federal, state, provincial, or local government body or agency, except if (1) you are an employee of a state university or other government-affiliated educational institution; (2) you are not also employed by another federal, state, provincial, or local government body or agency that is not a state university or other government-affiliated educational institution; and (3) your acceptance of a prize does not violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or policy related to the receipt of prizes, awards, or gifts.

(For (c) and (d) above, the list of sanctioned countries and individuals can change, so visit https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/sanctions-programs-and-country-information to find a current list of countries and more information on sanctioned individuals). In addition, your eligibility to enter the Contest and/or to receive a prize for your participation in the Contest may be or become restricted or prohibited by U.S. banking system, OFAC, or other sanctions, or other applicable laws, rules, regulations, or policies in place at the time of such entrance or potential provision of a prize. If your ability to receive a prize becomes so restricted or prohibited before or after your entrance into the Contest, you will not be eligible to receive a prize and may, in Sponsor’s discretion, be disqualified.

Directors, officers, members, managers, and employees of Kotlin Foundation (“Sponsor"), JetBrains s.r.o., Jetbrains Expo B.V., and Google LLC, (collectively the “Foundation Members”)., or their affiliates and parent companies, affiliate companies, subsidiaries, agents, professional advisors, advertising, promotional, public relations, and fulfillment agencies, consultants, legal counsel, website providers, webmasters, and immediate family members (spouses, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, and “step" child, wherever they may live) of each are not eligible to enter the Contest. To be eligible to enter the Contest, entries must be completed and received by Sponsor in the manner and format designated below. IF YOU DO NOT MEET ALL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS OR ANY OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST OR WIN A PRIZE.

To enter, complete the following steps during the Contest Period and prior to 09:00:00 a.m. CET on January 15, 2024:

• Step 1: Visit kotlinlang.org and download the tools necessary to use the Kotlin programming language (Sponsor does not require any payment or charge for this download);
• Step 2: Create a cross-platform project by using Kotlin programming language (the “Code”) and upload your Code to GitHub. The GitHub repository must have one of the following open source licenses documented in a LICENSE file: the Apache 2.0 license, the MIT License, or the BSD 3-clause License;
• Step 3: Prepare a 300-word essay explaining your background (educational and professional background, coding experience with different technologies, hobbies -- if relevant to the topic of the submission--, the idea behind your project and Code, and the technologies used to develop it) (the “Essay”); and
• Step 4: Submit the link for the GitHub repository or repositories containing your Code and Essay together via the form here: https://forms.gle/KmvStPCWjhoohJ2P8. Submission deadline is 09:00 a.m. CET, January 15, 2024.

By submitting an entry (including your Code and Essay) as instructed above (a “Submission”), you agree that your Submission conforms to the Guidelines and Restrictions below. Sponsor may choose to remove any Submission or disqualify you from the Contest if it believes that your Submission fails to conform with the Guidelines and Restrictions. Upon completion of all required entry steps and compliance with the Guidelines and Restrictions, you will automatically receive one entry into the Contest.

Limit: ONE ENTRY PER PERSON DURING CONTEST PERIOD. Any attempt to obtain additional entries, including through multiple or duplicate accounts will result in disqualification.

Submission Guidelines and Restrictions:

1. Your Submission must not include or refer to untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate, or misleading information.
2. Your submission must be created specifically for this contest. Participants are not allowed to submit existing projects developed before the contest period.
3. Template or "Hello World" projects will be excluded from participation in the contest. Participants are encouraged to develop substantial and meaningful projects that showcase their creativity, skills, and an understanding of the Kotlin Multiplatform technology and its full potential.
4. Your Submission must be your original creation and be owned 100% by you, or, alternatively, you must have the full rights to grant the license and other rights that you grant to Sponsor and the Foundation Members in Section 10 below.
5. Your submission must include a comprehensive README file and clear installation instructions on how to launch the project on all targets and how to try key features. The installation instructions should be detailed enough for easy replication by the judges.
6. We encourage you to join the contest’s Slack channel. It serves as the primary platform for communication, announcements, and updates related to the contest. It also allows participants to engage with other contestants and seek help if needed.
7. Libraries will not be accepted as submissions. Please note that we have a separate program for library grants: https://kotlinfoundation.org/grants/.
8. Your Submission must not (in Sponsor’s discretion): (i) violate any third-party rights, including copyrights, trademark rights, or rights of privacy and publicity; (ii) contain disparaging or defamatory statements; (iii) include threats to any person, place, business, or group; (iv) be obscene, offensive, or indecent; (v) depict any risky behavior; (vi) contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; or (vii) contain unauthorized third-party trademarks or logos.
9. You represent and warrant that: (i) the Submission does not violate any applicable law, rule or regulation; (ii) to the extent the Submission depicts any individual or features the voice or other qualities of any individual, you are the individual pictured, heard, or otherwise featured in the Submission, or, alternatively, that you have obtained written permission from each person appearing in the entry to grant the rights to Sponsor described in these Official Rules, and will make written copies of such permissions available to Sponsor upon request; and (iii) the Submission complies with all requirements of these Official Rules.

Judging Criteria:

1. Creativity and novelty of idea; i.e., concept not previously encountered by contest judges (40%);
2. Use of the Kotlin Multiplatform technology and/or percentage of Kotlin language code shared between different platforms (40%); and
3. Alignment of Submission with Kotlin’s Coding Conventions, which can be found on https://kotlinlang.org/docs/coding-conventions.html (20%).

The top three scoring Submissions will each be deemed the potential winners. In the unlikely event of a tie, the winner will be determined by the Submission’s score in the following criteria: Creativity and novelty of Submission. Odds of winning a prize depend on number and quality of eligible entries received.

Sponsor will notify each potential winner via email or direct message on or about January 25, 2024. To claim a prize, the potential winner must follow the instructions contained in the notification. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Sponsor may require each potential winner to sign and return, within seven days of being notified by Sponsor, an affidavit of eligibility, liability and publicity release, and other legal, regulatory or tax-related documents required at Sponsor’s discretion (“Affidavit and Related Documents”) in order to claim a prize. If (i) the attempted notification is returned as undeliverable without a forwarding address; (ii) the Affidavit and Related Documents are not signed and returned within seven days of the date the notification email is sent by Sponsor; or (iii) if potential winner is otherwise unable to accept the prize as stated, the prize will be forfeited and will be awarded to an alternate winner in accordance with the Judging Criteria. Only three alternate winners will be selected for each prize, after which the remaining prize(s) will not be awarded. If, by reason of a print or other error, more prizes are claimed than the number listed in these Official Rules, the prize(s) will be awarded to the person with the highest scoring Submission in accordance with the above selection process from among all valid claimants to award the prize(s) available.

Verification of Potential Winner: EACH POTENTIAL WINNER IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CONTEST. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A PRIZE WINNER UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED.

Sponsor will provide round trip (economy) coach-class airfare for winner from an airport close to the winner’s home to Copenhagen. Sponsor or its designee will determine which airport is closest to the winner’s home. Sponsor will provide ground transportation (1) to and from airport to winner’s home and (2) to and from destination airport to lodging of winner at the prize trip destination at a reasonable cost, of a total amount not exceeding $400 USD.

Sponsor will provide winner lodging for one person for three nights at a location in Copenhagen. Travel arrangements are subject to availability at the discretion of Sponsor. Blackout periods and other restrictions, conditions, and/or limitations may apply. Air transportation, hotel accommodations, ground transportation, and other elements of prize are determined by Sponsor or its designee and must be taken together and cannot be taken separately. Sponsor or its designee will not replace any lost or stolen tickets, travel vouchers or certificates or similar items once they are in the winner’s possession.

Any amendment fees or charges incurred due to any changes to the purchased flights are the responsibility of the winner. All costs not explicitly specified in these Official Rules are the sole responsibility of the winner, and Sponsor will not provide any compensation or reimbursement for these costs, including visa requirements, valid passports, travel insurance, spending money, meals, taxes (excluding airline and airport taxes), vaccinations, transfers, items of a personal nature, excess baggage, in-room charges, other ancillary costs, and any applicable insurance excesses. Air travel is subject to the airline’s conditions of carriage.

Prize Restrictions: Prizes are not transferable. No substitutions or exchanges of any prize (including for cash) will be permitted, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of comparable or greater value for any prize. Only the number of prizes stated in these Official Rules are available to be won in the Contest. LIMIT ONE PRIZE PER PERSON. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prizes or prize components. Except for applicable manufacturer’s standard warranties, the prizes are awarded “AS IS” and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied (including any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose). Any unclaimed or unused prize (or portion of the prize package) will remain the property of Sponsor.

ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECEIPT OR USE OF ANY PRIZE ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE RELEASED PARTIES (JOINTLY) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE ANY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED FOR USE IN THE CONTEST OR ANY PRIZE EXCEED $10. THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION WILL NOT EXCLUDE OR LIMIT LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE CAUSED BY PRODUCTS PURCHASED FROM THE SPONSOR, OR FOR THE RELEASED PARTIES’ GROSS NEGLIGENCE, INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT, OR FOR FRAUD.