2009 Open Source CMS Award

The Packt Open Source Content Management System Award is designed to encourage, support, recognize and reward Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS) that have been selected by a panel of judges and visitors to www.PacktPub.com. Now entering its fourth year, the Award has established itself as an important measure for quality and popularity of Open Source Content Management Systems.

The 2009 Award will continue to support an increased range of open source Content Management Systems with five main categories, unlike four in previous years, offering a total prize fund of $24,000, an increase of $4,000 on the previous two years.

Categories

• Best Overall Open Source CMS
• Hall of Fame
• Most Promising Open Source CMS
• Best PHP Open Source CMS
• Best Other Open Source CMS
• Open Source MVPs

A list of previous winners can be found here: www.PacktPub.com/open-source-cms-award-previous-winners.

Timelines:

August 3 | Nominations Open

September 11 | Nominations Close

September 21 | Voting Begins

October 30 | Voting Ends

November 9 | Winners Announced

1. Only nominations for open source Content Management Systems, available on an open source license, will be counted
2. Only one nomination per person, per category will be counted
3. The five open source Content Management Systems with the most nominations will go through to the final in each category, apart from the Hall of Fame category, which is open only to previous winners of the Overall Award.
4. A CMS cannot win the Overall category and the Most Promising category. They must be won by different CMSes. However, the same CMS can win the Overall and Best PHP/Other Award, for example. The judges for each category are different, which means results for the same CMS could be different across categories.
5. Previous winners of the Overall category are not eligible for the Overall category in 2009. Previous winners compete amongst one another in a separate Hall of Fame category designed specifically for them
6. The most promising category is open for Open Source Content Management Systems whose first release was under two years ago as of August 3, 2009. CMSes that entered the 2008 Most Promising category, that are still eligible for 2009 are invited to enter.
7. During the final voting stage, only one vote per person will be counted
8. The top three will be voted for by a panel of judges. A final vote will come from the results of a public vote on www.PacktPub.com
9. Category Award winners will be decided on a points basis. The CMS that the judges and public have voted as the number one will be awarded three points. The second placed CMS will receive two points and the third placed CMS will receive one point. The CMS with the highest number of points overall will be declared the winner
10. In the event of a tie, an extra independent judge will be brought in
11. All judges are independent and their decision is final
12. Details of Open Source MVPs will be released following permission and confirmation from the respective projects
13. Packt Publishing has no influence, input or say in the finalists or winners of any Award category
14. The winners of the 4GB Apple iPod Nano and 8GB Apple iPod Touch will be chosen at random and will be contacted directly by Packt

For more information: cmsaward@packtpub.com