NEAR Hacks

Participation Rules

An Eligible Individual may join more than one Team or Organization, and an Eligible Individual who is part of a Team or Organization may also enter the Hackathon on an individual basis. If a Team or Organization is entering the Hackathon, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and enter a Submission on their behalf. By entering a Submission on behalf of a Team or Organization, you represent and warrant that you are the Representative authorized to act on behalf of your Team or Organization.

Exclusions

• The Hackathon IS NOT open to:
• Online only submissions or any form of virtual participation;
• Individuals who are residents of, or Organizations domiciled in, a country, state, province, or territory where Swiss law or local law prohibits participating or receiving a prize in the Hackathon (Including but not limited to: Afghanistan, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Crimea, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Laos, Nicaragua, North Korea, Palestine, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe or an entity or person restricted by United States and Swiss law export controls and sanctions, or any country forbidden by the Sponsor’s Policies.)
• Organizations involved with the design, production, paid promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, including the Sponsor and Administrator (“Promotion Entities”);
• Employees, representatives, and agents** of such Promotion Entities, and all members of their immediate family or household*;
• Any other individual involved with the design, production, promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, and each member of their immediate family or household*;
• Any Judge (defined below), or company or individual that employs a Judge;
• Any parent company, subsidiary, or other affiliate*** of any organization described above;
• Any other individual or organization whose participation in the Hackathon would create, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, a real or apparent conflict of interest.

Definition

• The members of an individual’s immediate family include the individual’s spouse, children and stepchildren, parents and stepparents, and siblings and stepsiblings. The members of an individual’s household include any other person that shares the same residence as the individual for at least three (3) months out of the year.
• Agents include individuals or organizations that in creating a Submission to the Hackathon, are acting on behalf of, and at the direction of, a Promotion Entity through a contractual or similar relationship.
• An affiliate is: (a) an organization that is under common control, sharing a common majority or controlling owner, or common management; or (b) an organization that has a substantial ownership in, or is substantially owned by the other organization.