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Developer Content Contests - Official Contest Rules

1. TO ENTER: This developer challenge includes five (5) separate contests. The five contests are as follows:

Each contest will require the submission of an entry via the relevant contest page within two weeks from the announcement of the contest. Multiple entries allowed.

2. PRIZE DETAILS: US$1,000 gift card will be awarded to the winner of each contest. Winners are responsible for applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial and local taxes, including sales, income and any other taxes. Prizes are not transferable and cannot be substituted for cash. The total approximate retail value of all prizes together is US$5,000. The prizes are subject to availability and are subject to change. The prizes may not be transferred or assigned. No substitutions (including for cash) are permitted, except salesforce.com reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater monetary value to the prizes if for any reason any prize cannot be awarded as contemplated in these Official Rules. Winners may be required to supply a Social Security Number prior to the award of prize. Salesforce.com may file an IRS Form 1099 with the Internal Revenue Service for the fair market value of any prize.

3. AWARDING OF PRIZES: A committee of judges consisting of salesforce,com employees that are Force.com evangelists will review all entries to each contest and determine the winner based on the elements provided in the scorecard for each contest available through each Contest Link provided above. Subject to these Official Rules, all prizes will be awarded. There is a limit of one prize per person, per contest. You need not be present to win. Winners will be attempted to be notified by approximately 12pm PT on 29 February 2012. Winners will be notified by email, phone and/or regular mail and may be required to sign and return an declaration of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules, a publicity/liability release (unless prohibited by law), and any other requested documents within the time period stipulated in the documents. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in disqualification. Any notification returned as undeliverable may result in disqualification. Winners will receive their prizes within 30 days of the Competition closing date unless notified otherwise.

4. ODDS OF WINNING: Odds of winning will depend on number of valid entries received and the skill of the entrant relative to other entrants, and therefore cannot be determined.

5. ELIGIBILITY: You must be either be a company registered in the United States, United Kingdom, or Canada (excluding Quebec) or an individual legally resident in the United States, United Kingdom, or Canada (excluding Quebec) that is 18 years or older and at least the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence to enter. Companies and residents of Quebec, Canada are not eligible. Companies and employees of salesforce.com, inc. or its subsidiaries, affiliates or promotional agencies, including their immediate family and household members, are not eligible.

6. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: Offer is void where prohibited and subject to federal, state, provincial, territorial and local laws. Entry constitutes permission to use winner's name and likeness for publicity purposes without further compensation (except where prohibited by law). By participating, you expressly acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements and the Developerforce Terms of Use, available at http://www.developerforce.com/assets/termsofuse/Developerforce_TOU_20101119.pdf. Entrants may be advised of recommendations to update their entries in matters of style and readability.

7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Salesforce.com, inc. and its subsidiaries, affiliates and promotional agencies, and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, are not responsible for lost, damaged, illegible, incomplete or incorrect entries, and shall have no liability for any damage, loss or liability to any person or property due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize or to participation in this Contest. As a condition of entering this Contest, participant agrees that under no circumstances will participant be entitled to any awards for any losses or damages, and participant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, consequential and any other damages, and waives any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Salesforce.com, inc. reserves the right to cancel or suspend this Contest should it determine, in its sole discretion, that the administration, security or fairness of this Contest has been compromised in any way. Should the Contest be terminated prior to its conclusion, all prizes not awarded will be donated to charity. Subject to applicable law, any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or related to this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under California law (without reference to its conflicts of laws principles), and participant agrees to submit any dispute to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in San Francisco County, California.

8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN USER CONTENT AND CODE: By entering these contests, you are making a guarantee to the Sponsor that you either own all the content and code you are posting, or you have the right to post the content and code. Furthermore, you are guaranteeing that you have the right to allow Sponsor to make your content and code available for others to view and use without requiring that any such use be subject to additional obligations or terms. If you do not have these rights, do not enter these contests. By entering the contests, you do not lose any ownership rights you may have to your content and code. However, unless otherwise governed by a specific contest’s rules, you do grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully-paid, sublicenseable (through multiple tiers of distribution) and transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform your content and code in connection with our business, in any media formats or in tangible form and through any media channels now known or hereinafter developed. You also grant each customer of the Sponsor a non-exclusive royalty-free, fully-paid, sublicenseable and transferable license to access your content and code through the Sponsor’s service, and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform your content and code.

9. BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, EACH ENTRANT RELEASES AND AGREES TO HOLD HARMLESS SALESFORCE.COM AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCIES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS FROM ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY CLAIMS, COSTS, LOSSES, OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RELATED TO PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY OR PRIVACY OR DEFAMATION) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH: (I) ENTERING THE CONTEST; (II) ACCEPTANCE OR USE OF ANY PRIZE; AND (III) OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE CONTEST.

10. FORCE MAJEURE: If someone cheats, or a virus, bug, catastrophic event, or any other unforeseen or unexpected event that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled, affects the fairness and/or integrity of this Contest, we reserve the right to cancel, change, or suspend this Contest. This right is reserved whether the event is due to human or technical error. If a solution cannot be found to restore the integrity of the Contest, we reserve the right to select winners from among all eligible entries received before we cancel, change, or suspend the Contest. Hacking is a crime. If you attempt to compromise the integrity or the legitimate operation of this Contest by hacking or by cheating or committing fraud in any way, we may seek damages from you to the fullest extent permitted by law and you may be prohibited from participating in any future contests.

11. PRIVACY: Entrant information submitted will be collected in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at http://www.salesforce.com/company/privacy.jsp

12. LIST OF WINNERS: To request a list of winners' names, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: salesforce.com, inc., Attn: Dana Le, Developer Content Contest, The Landmark @ One Market, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105. Requests must be received by 30 March 2012.

13. SPONSOR CONTACT: salesforce.com, inc., The Landmark @ One Market, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States. All rights reserved.