Contributor Program Contest Official Rules ("Official Rules")
1. Sponsor.
1.1. Sponsor of this promotion (the "Contest") is Elasticsearch, Inc., 88 Kearny St, Floor 19, San Francisco, CA 94108 USA (referred to herein as "Sponsor" or "Elastic").
2. No Purchase Necessary.
2.1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY MONEY IS NECESSARY TO ENTER. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE THE CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, territorial, provincial and local laws.
3. Entry Instructions.
3.1. To enter the Contest, during the Contest Period (as defined below) you must visit https://sessionize.com/elastic-contributor-program/ and follow the on-screen instructions (the "Instructions"), providing the requested information about yourself or your nominee (collectively, the "Entry"). As part of the Contest and to comply with the Instructions, your Entry must showcase your contributions to the Elastic Community or you can nominate someone else for their contributions to the Elastic Community (a "nominee"). You must obtain permission from the nominee prior to Entry, including specific permission to provide their personal information as part of the Entry.
3.2. In your Entry, you must provide proof of your, or your nominees, contributions to the Elastic Community. Some examples of accepted "Contributions" are as follows. Elastic will determine, in its sole discretion, whether a contribution amounts to an acceptable Contribution for the purposes of this Contest.
Links to articles written
StackOverflow or discuss.elastic.co profile links
Links to projects or demos
Merged pull requests; and
Links to videos created, or talks presented at meetups or conferences.
3.3. LIMITS: You may nominate yourself only once. There is no limit to the number of nominees you may nominate; however, you may nominate a specific nominee only once.
3.4. Entries must be submitted to the link provided above. Do not post entries elsewhere online or send Sponsor a link to an entry. All requested entry information must be provided. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email or addresses, accounts, identities, or any other methods will void that entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. In the event of an ongoing dispute as to the identity of any entrant, Sponsor has the right to make determination as to entrant in its sole discretion.
3.5. All Entries must meet the following criteria:
Entries must be original, exclusively created and owned by you or your nominee, and must have all rights, licenses and permissions necessary to submit the Entry;
Entries must not contain work that was generated, in whole or in part, by any artificial intelligence (AI) or generative AI tool and cannot use or rely on, directly or indirectly, any artificial intelligence tools, any generative fill tools, or any other generative AI tool, program or system;
Entries may not contain material that is obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or violate any law. Entries must be appropriate for viewing by the general public; appropriateness will be determined by Sponsor;
All Contributions must be publicly accessible and available at all times;
Sponsor reserves the right to reject any Entry for any reason at any time acting in its sole and absolute discretion.
3.6. This is a contest of skill. Odds of winning the Contest depend on the number and quality of eligible entries received during the Contest Period.
4.2. Sponsor's computer is the official time-keeping device for the Contest. All entries must be received during the dates and times specified in the Contest Period.
5. Eligibility.
5.1. Subject to the requirements set out in this section, the Contest is open only to legal residents of the following countries within the three (3) regions listed below. For the avoidance of doubt, residents of countries listed in subsection 5.4(i) are prohibited from participating.
"AMER Region" consists of North America, Latin America and the Caribbean.
"APJ Region" consists of Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
"EMEA Region" consists of Europe, Western Asia, and Africa.
For a full list of countries by region, see the UN Statistics Division Geographic Regions list located at https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/. In these Official Rules, AMER Region, APJ Region, and EMEA Region are each individually referred to as a "Territory" and are collectively referred to as the "Territories".
5.2. Participants, including nominees, must be at least eighteen (18) years old and the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence, whichever is older. No one outside the Territories is eligible to participate in this Contest. Officers, directors, and employees of Elastic and its affiliates, and each of their immediate family members and those residing with them or any other entity participating in the design, administration, or fulfillment of the Contest (collectively, "Elastic Employees"), are not eligible to participate or win themselves; however, Elastic Employees may nominate third party, unrelated individuals as nominees. The Contest is open to individuals only, groups and organizations may not participate.
5.3 In order to be eligible, an entrant or nominee must be using Elastic pursuant to a valid license (whether such license is free or paid). If you or your nominee is employed by a customer of Sponsor, you may participate in this Contest and/or receive prizes only to the extent permitted by your employer. The Contest is not open to any person who, under any applicable law, rule, guideline, policy or regulation or any internal policies of Elastic or your employer, is prohibited from participating or to whom Elastic would otherwise be prohibited from awarding a prize. Any government or public official or anyone acting on behalf of any government may not participate. If Elastic, in its sole discretion, considers that a Prize may not be awarded to a Prize winner due to any applicable law, rule, or regulation or any internal policies of the Prize winner's employer, then it may instead, but shall not be obliged to, offer a substitute Prize, of the same or differing value.
5.4. By entering this Contest, you represent and warrant that you (i) are not located in Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea (DPRK), Sudan, Syria, Russia, including the Ukrainian territories annexed by Russia (The Crimea region of Ukraine, The Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), and The Luhansk People's Republic (LNR)) or any destination prohibited by the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") (15 C.F.R. Parts 730-774 (2010)) and are not a person or entity listed on the economic sanctions regulations and guidelines of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Asset Control ("Restricted Parties"), (ii) will not export, re-export, or otherwise transfer any of Elastic's products, technology, content, information, services, or any intellectual property rights therein or related to any of the foregoing ("Elastic Technology"), or permit any Elastic Technology to be used by, or disclose any Elastic Technology to, any prohibited destination or Restricted Party; (iii) your Entries are honest, decent, legal and truthful; compliant with all applicable laws, these Official Rules and Elastic's Community Code of Conduct; your own original work, created solely and exclusively by you, free from malware or other content adverse to the Contest, Elastic, the rights of third parties or public decency; do not contain the work, trademarks, logos, designs, patents, copyright or branding, in whole or in part, of any third party; and do not contain work that was generated, in whole or in part, by any artificial intelligence (AI) or generative AI tool; (iv) did not use or rely on, directly or indirectly, any artificial intelligence tools, any generative fill tools, or any other generative AI tool, program or system, as the use of any such tools may disqualify you from the Contest; (v) you and / or your nominee is of the legal age in the place where this consent is given; (vi) if you are submitting information about a nominee, that you have their consent to share their personal information in connection with an Entry; and (vii) that you have all necessary right, authority, capacity and competence to hereby grant this release, grant any rights or licenses set out herein and to consent to the use your information as provided herein. You shall indemnify and hold Elastic harmless from and against claims, losses, costs, or liability arising out of or in connection with your breach of this section. If necessary, you agree to complete any documentation required to allow Elastic to use your Entry in the way intended by this Contest.
6. Judging Process and Selection.
6.1. All Prize winners will be selected by a panel of judges, consisting of Elastic employees.
6.2. Entries will be based on the following criteria, in equal measure:
Quality and Impact of Contributions – We will evaluate how valuable and insightful the contributions are, whether through technical content (blog posts, code contributions, tutorials) or speaking engagements. We will consider how the work has helped the community grow, educated others, or solved real problems.
Engagement and Community Support – We will measure the level of interaction with the community, such as answering questions, participating in discussions, and supporting other contributors in our channels and social media (such as the Community Slack, Discuss, and StackOverflow). Active engagement fosters a stronger, more connected community.
Consistency and Long-Term Commitment – We will recognize contributors who have been actively involved over time rather than those who make a big impact in a short burst.
7. Prizes.
7.1. During each Contest Period, and subject to Section 7.2, Sponsor may award up to 5 "Prizes", each consisting of:
Swag
Elastic Cloud four (4) month extended trial
One-year standard Elastic training subscription, with: (i) access to a total of three (3) practice exams, consisting of one (1) practice exam for each of the following paths: Kibana, Observability and Elasticsearch; and (ii) access to a total of three (3) certification exam attempts, consisting of one (1) certification exam attempt for each of the following paths: Kibana, Observability and Elasticsearch (collectively, the "training subscription")
7.2. Sponsor reserves the right to select less than the stated number of winners and / or award less than the stated number of Prizes if Sponsor determines, acting in its sole and absolute discretion, that it did not receive a sufficient number of eligible Entries that meet the quality requirements. Sponsor will not disclose judging scores.
7.3. The training subscription term is one year, commencing upon the recipient's receipt of email notification from Elastic, containing relevant information and login instructions to the training portal. Access to courses and exams is permitted during the one-year term, with content accessible only once. Once the content has been accessed once, it is not re-accessible. Participants are required to complete, schedule and undertake both courses and exams before the expiration of the one-year training subscription. Failure to initiate and/or complete the learning journey within the required timeframe will result in the winner losing access to the training subscription or any of the components. Elastic will have no liability or responsibility to the winner to renew access, grant fresh access or otherwise replace this component (or its value) of the Prize or compensate the winner in any way for the loss of the training subscription. More information on the standard training can be found here: https://www.elastic.co/training/subscription.
7.4. The nature of swag Prizes referred to above will be determined by Elastic in its sole discretion. All values are expressed in U.S. dollars. Prizes may not be exactly as described, illustrated or displayed.
7.5. No substitution, assignment, sale, exchange, transfer, or cash redemption of any Prize by Sweepstakesant is permitted, except by Elastic in its sole discretion. Elastic reserves the right to substitute one Prize with another of comparable or greater value, change the type of Prize offered or add additional Prizes for any reason. Each Prize winner is responsible for all taxes (including income and withholding taxes, if any) and fees associated with the receipt and/or use of each Prize they win. Each winner of a Prize must follow all of the applicable Prize redemption instructions. Gift card issuers are not affiliated with this Contest. All Prizes are subject to the issuer's restrictions and applicable terms and conditions. All federal, state, provincial, territorial, and local taxes, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with Prize acceptance and use are your sole responsibility. Elastic will not be held responsible in the event of loss, theft or unauthorized use of your Prize. If any of these situations should occur, your balance will not be refunded and your Prize will not be replaced.
7.6. Prize award is subject to eligibility verification. Prior to receiving any Prizes, winners may be required to complete, sign, have notarized (if applicable), and return, without alteration and in the form presented by Elastic, (i) an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (unless prohibited by law), which may require successfully completing any jurisdiction specific requirements; (ii) applicable tax documentation for their jurisdiction, (iii) any agreement or terms of use applicable to the Prizes, by the date specified by Elastic, or (iv) any applicable employment agreement or policy to verify such policies permit the acceptance of a Prize. In the event of non-compliance with those of the applicable foregoing requirements or in the event a potential Prize winner cannot accept, is unwilling to accept or fails to claim the applicable Prize (as awarded) in accordance with these Official Rules for any reason, then, in Elastic's sole and absolute discretion, the Prize may be forfeited and/or awarded to an alternate winner of Elastic's choosing or Elastic may elect not to award that Prize.
7.7. LIMITS: There is a limit of one Prize per entrant per twelve (12) month period.
8. Winner Selection and Notification.
8.1. Unless otherwise set out herein, Prizes are only valid for collection within twelve (12) months from the date that the winners are announced. Training subscriptions are subject to timelines and restrictions set out in Section 7.3 above. Winners for each Contest Period will be announced on or about the date set forth for that Contest Period at https://contributor-program.app.elstc.co/. Elastic will contact each winner by email with information on how to collect the Prize. If (i) a winner does not respond within the time provided in that email or cannot be reached after a reasonable attempt has been made, (ii) any prize notification or Contest-related communications are rejected, faulty, or returned as undeliverable, or (iii) the winner cannot attend or participate in any portion of the Prize, then in each case that winner may be disqualified and Elastic may select an alternate winner in Elastic's sole discretion. Elastic shall have no responsibility or liability towards a potential winner. Elastic is not obligated to pursue any alternate winners; in which case, some Prizes may go unawarded.
8.2. By claiming a Prize, Prize claimant consents to the use of their name, likeness, voice, image, video, photograph, place of residence, company website and / or social media profiles (including, but not limited to X, LinkedIn, blogs, Bluesky, GitHub, Discuss, StackOverflow, YouTube, and Community Slack), without further compensation, in any publicity or marketing activities carried out by Elastic, in perpetuity and in any media worldwide.
9. General Rules.
9.1. By registering for this Contest, you agree to abide by these Official Rules, Elastic's Community Code of Conduct and any decision Sponsor makes regarding the Contest, which Sponsor shall make in its sole discretion. All decisions made by Sponsor, including but not limited to any decision relating to an Entry, or the Prizes, are made in its sole and absolute discretion and are binding and final in all respects. At any time, including but not limited to during the Contest Period, Elastic reserves the right to restrict participation, disqualify, and/or prosecute to the fullest extent permitted by law any entrant or winner who, in Elastic's reasonable suspicion (as determined by Elastic in its sole and absolute discretion): (i) tampers with or impairs Elastic's website, the registration process, or the administration, security, fairness, or proper play of this Contest, (ii) damages or attempts to damage or cause an interruption of any online service, website, or the Contest, (iii) enters or participates in the Contest in a suspicious manner, (iv) submits more than the stated number of Entries permitted by these Rules or attempts to participate using multiple names, identities or email addresses, (v) provides false, untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading information, (v) attempts to tamper with, or enter, participate in or win the Contest by illegal, deceptive, abusive, unfair or fraudulent means, by using any GenAI Tools, or in any manner that is disruptive or inconsistent with the letter and spirit of these Official Rules, (vi) violates these Official Rules and / or Elastic's Community Code of Conduct, or (vii) acts in an unsportsmanlike, disruptive, obnoxious, inappropriate, threatening, illegal, abusive, threatening, or harassing manner. If disqualified, such person forfeits any and all rights to a Prize and any Prize previously awarded to them must be returned immediately upon request from Elastic, without limiting Elastic's other rights and remedies both in law and at equity. The disqualified entrant will have no claim against Elastic in respect of the Contest or the Prize which they might otherwise have won. If an entrant or winner is disqualified, Elastic reserves the right, acting in its sole and absolute discretion, to terminate such person's eligibility to participate in this Contest and any future contests, programs, events, sweepstakes or any other promotions conducted by Elastic.
9.2. Elastic's failure or decision to not enforce any provision in these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of that or any other provision. In the event there is an alleged or actual ambiguity, discrepancy, or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials and/or these Official Rules (including any alleged discrepancy or inconsistency in these Official Rules), it will be resolved in Elastic's sole discretion.
9.3. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules will otherwise remain in effect and will be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
9.4. Elastic reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify, or suspend the Contest or modify these Official Rules without prior notice or obligation, for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to if Contest is incapable of running as planned, and in such a case, Elastic may elect not to award the Prizes at all or may award the Prizes in its sole discretion as deemed fair and appropriate by Elastic.
9.5. Each entrant hereby grants Elastic the irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable, free of charge, royalty-free, worldwide right and permission to use, publish, post, translate, modify, edit, combine, disassemble, distribute, make available by wire or wireless means, publicly perform, and/or display in any medium now known or hereafter discovered, all entrant information in each case for advertising, trade, promotional, and publicity purposes without further compensation of any kind and without any further notice. Each entrant hereby waives any right to inspect or approve any such use and releases Elastic from any and all liability related to such uses.
9.6. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and disclosures or other statements contained in any Program-related materials, the terms and conditions of these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
10. Intellectual Property.
10.1. Except as expressly set forth in this section, participating in this Contest does not grant you any rights in or to Elastic's intellectual property rights. Elastic retains all right, title, and interest in and to Elastic Technology.
10.2. Ownership of the pre-existing underlying intellectual property of the entrant remains the property of the entrant subject to Sponsor's rights to reprint, display, reproduce, perform, use, and exhibit the Entry and materials and information submitted, for the purpose of administering and promoting the Contest and for business, marketing and advertising purposes for the benefit of Sponsor.
10.3. By participating in the Contest, each entrant grants to Sponsor a non-exclusive, worldwide, fully-paid, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and transferable license to reprint, display, reproduce, perform, use, and exhibit (including the right to make derivative works of) the Entry and materials and information submitted on and in connection with the Contest or use or receipt of the prize for any and all purposes in any medium. Each participating entrant hereby warrants that any Entry and other materials and information provided by entrant are original with entrant and do not violate or infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity, moral rights or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity, and do not violate any rules or regulations. If the Entry or information or materials provided by entrant contain any material or elements that are not owned by entrant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, entrant represents he or she has obtained, prior to submission of the Entry and information or materials, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit use and exploitation of the Entry and information and materials by Sponsor in the manner set forth in the Official Rules without additional compensation.
10.4. Each entrant warrants that the Entry and materials and information provided do not contain information considered by entrant, its employees or personnel, or any other third party to be confidential. Entrant agrees that Sponsor has the right to verify the ownership and originality of all entries and that, upon Sponsor's request, entrant must submit a written copy of any release or permission entrant has received from a third party granting entrant the right to use such property. Entrant understands and acknowledges that in the event a Entry is selected as a winning Entry, and entrant's ownership, rights and the originality of the Entry cannot be verified to the satisfaction of Sponsor or is in any other way ineligible, Sponsor may select an alternate winner based on the same judging criteria.
11. Disclaimer, Release and Limit of Liability.
11.1. NOTHING IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES LIMITS, EXCLUDES, OR MODIFIES OR PURPORTS TO LIMIT, EXCLUDE, OR MODIFY ANY STATUTORY CONSUMER GUARANTEES OR ANY IMPLIED CONDITION OR WARRANTY THE EXCLUSION OF WHICH WOULD CONTRAVENE ANY STATUTE OR CAUSE ANY PART OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES TO BE VOID ("STATUTORY GUARANTEES"). TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,, ELASTIC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ANY PRIZE OR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST AND EACH WINNER AGREES THAT THE PRIZE IS PROVIDED AS-IS. BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS ELASTIC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, DISTRIBUTORS, ADVERTISING/PROMOTION AGENCIES, AND PRIZE SUPPLIERS, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARENT COMPANIES AND EACH SUCH COMPANY'S OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "RELEASED PARTIES") FROM AND AGAINST ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, OR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST OR RECEIPT OR USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE.
11.2. THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR: (i) ANY LOST, LATE, INCORRECT, INCOMPLETE, INCOMPATIBLE, OR MISDIRECTED CONTRIBUTIONS, INFORMATION, CORRESPONDENCE, OR MATERIALS, WHETHER CAUSED BY ENTRANTS, PRINTING ERRORS, OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH OR UTILIZED IN THE CONTEST; (ii) TECHNICAL FAILURES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO MALFUNCTIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELAYS, OR DISCONNECTIONS IN PHONE OR CABLE LINES, NETWORK CONNECTIONS, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE, OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED HUMAN INTERVENTION IN ANY PART OF THE REGISTRATION PROCESS OR THE CONTEST; (iv) TECHNICAL OR HUMAN ERROR WHICH MAY OCCUR IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONTEST OR THE PROCESSING OF CONTRIBUTIONS; (v) ANY VIRUSES OR TECHNICAL OR MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS; (vi) ANY INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE CAUSED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FROM ENTRANT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST OR RECEIPT OR USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE; AND (vii) ANY CHANGES OR UNAVAILABILITY OF THE CONTEST WEBSITE THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH THE CONTEST OR ABILITY OF THE ENTRANT TO TIMELY PARTICIPATE, RECEIVE NOTICES, OR COMMUNICATE WITH ELASTIC, IN WHICH CASE ELASTIC, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, MAY TERMINATE OR MODIFY THE CONTEST.
11.3. If for any reason your registration and/or contribution(s) are confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, your sole remedy is another registration or contribution(s) in the Contest.
11.4. Unless otherwise specified, no more than the stated number and types of prizes will be awarded and in no event will Elastic be liable for more than the stated number of Prizes in these Official Rules. In event that production, technical, programming, or any other reasons cause more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Elastic reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by selecting the winner in its sole discretion among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
11.5. Without limiting any other provision in these Official Rules, Elastic is not responsible, or liable for failure to operate the Contest or supply the prizes or any part thereof in the event that any of the Contest activities or Elastic's operations or activities are affected by a force majeure event, as determined by the Elastic in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, by reason of any acts of God, any action, regulation, order, or request by any governmental or quasi- governmental entity, equipment failure, threatened terrorist acts, terrorist acts, air raid, blackout, act of public enemy, earthquake, war (declared or undeclared), fire, flood, epidemic, pandemic, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, or any law, rule, regulation, order, or other action adopted or taken by any governmental, federal, state, provincial, or local government authority, or any other cause, whether or not specifically mentioned above.
12. Privacy and Use of Personal Information.
12.1. Elastic collects personal information from individuals when they enter this Contest. Elastic reserves the right to use any information collected in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at https://www.elastic.co/legal/privacy-statement.
13. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTES.
13.1. THESE OFFICIAL RULES, THE CONTEST AND ALL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THE CONTEST OR THE OFFICIAL RULES ARE GOVERNED BY, AND WILL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PROVISIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE FORUM AND VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES SHALL BE IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA. EACH ENTRANT ACCEPTS AND SUBMITS TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY LEGAL ACTIONS, SUITS, OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS CONTEST. EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED, AS A CONDITION OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST, YOU AGREE THAT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED BETWEEN YOU AND ELASTIC ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTEST MUST BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION. THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY'S FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF.
14. Winners List. Individuals may request the name of winner(s) by submitting an e-mail to: contributors@elastic.co.