Marketing Team/YaST Contest

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YaST Mascot Contest

YaST (Your awesome Setup Tool) is a impressive and useful tool for administering a Linux system, but it's missing one crucial feature -- a mascot! The YaST team wants to close this bug, so they're putting out a call to the community to help create a mascot that reflects the power of YaST.

Contest Details

The contest will start on September 20 and run through the end of October 20 (UTC time). Entries should be submitted on the openSUSE wiki here. Discussion about the entries will be held on the openSUSE Artwork mailing list.

Entries can be submitted in any format that is supported by free software, i.e., JPEG, Scalable Vector Graphics, PNG, etc. Please do not submit proprietary formats like Adobe Illustrator (.ai) or other formats that are not supported by FOSS graphics applications. We prefer that FOSS applications are used to create entries, but it is not required.

We are looking for ideas and concepts for the YaST mascot. We reserve the right to modify or recreate the concept in order to fit with other openSUSE artwork. (Meaning: We may not use your submission as the final product.)

The judging will begin on October 21, and the winner will be announced on October 27. Judges will include the YaST team and FIXME.

Prizes

There will be a prize for the winning mascot, the winning mascot name, and two runners-up, and of course all contestants will bask in the everlasting glow of accomplishment from having submitted an entry.

Contest Rules

• You may submit more than one idea, but only one prize per participant will be awarded.
• Entries must be licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
• Entries that are derivatives of existing mascots, trademarked and/or copyrighted artwork, will be rejected. (i.e., we cannot accept artwork that will land the openSUSE Project in legal trouble.) By submitting an entry, you attest that the work is your own, and that it does not infringe on rights held by any others to the best of your knowledge.
• The decision of the judges is final.
• Winners have one week to provide shipping and contact information after the contest ends.
• Novell employees are eligible to participate.

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