25 Jul 2012 18:07
Fedora Summer of Open Hardware and Fun Sweepstakes
Tom Callaway <tcallawa <at> redhat.com>
2012-07-25 16:07:50 GMT
2012-07-25 16:07:50 GMT
Today (at 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time), we're launching a sweepstakes for our Fedora Contributors called the Fedora Summer of Open Hardware and Fun! We wanted to do something nice to thank our Fedora community for all that they do for Free Software and Content, and we thought that giving away a lot of Open Hardware would be a great way to do that. We're giving away 220 total hardware units, including: * [50] OLPC XO 1.75 units * [150] Raspberry Pi (B) units * [20] Arduino Uno R3 (assembled) units + choice of shield (8 different shields to choose from) Unfortunately, we don't have enough hardware to give something to every Fedora Contributor, so this is a sweepstakes, and sweepstakes come with all sorts of rules and restrictions. This sweepstakes is for Fedora Contributors (defined as users in the Fedora Account System who have signed the FPCA and are in one additional group). There are some geographic and age restrictions, the reason for this is that it is extremely costly and time-consuming to determine whether or not it is possible to run a sweepstakes in a given country. Sweepstakes laws and regulations vary considerably from country to country, and many countries have strict registration requirements and fees associated with running sweepstakes. Other countries simply prohibit sweepstakes entirely. As a result, we are only offering this sweepstakes in countries where we know that the sweepstakes is lawful. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. Also, please note that Red Hat employees are not allowed to enter the sweepstakes.(Continue reading)
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