Open Source Software Competition guidelines

Authors interested in submitting an entry to the ACM Multimedia Open Source Software competition should make their software contribution available by providing a public URL for download and prepare a package containing the following information to be submitted via the online submission system under the Open Source Software Competition track:

Title of submission
Names and affiliations of authors (indicate students). In case of a large distributed project, include full list of contributors, if possible, and indicate main contact (e.g., project owner or maintainer)
a 4-page max paper including an overview of the open-source software package, its description, applications, intended audience, main features, etc.

The compressed zip archive file with all source code, documentation, build/install instructions, and licenses must be placed in a web accessible location. The public URL for project page where software, documentation, and open-source license can be found must be included in the overview paper. Comprehensive and clear build/install instructions will be a crucial component of any submission. The judging committee will make reasonable effort to build any submitted software, but if they are unable to make the software run, it will be excluded from the competition.

The overview paper should be prepared in the same form as for Short Papers, following the same guidelines. Authors will be required to sign copyright to the ACM. The sentence “SUBMITTED to ACM MULTIMEDIA 2010 OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMPETITION” written in capital letters must appear in the first page, after the authors’ names.