Welcome to the 2011 Open Source Awards: Voting Stage

Categories and finalists:

• Open Source CMS
  • Drupal
  • Joomla!
  • mojoPortal
  • Plone
  • SilverStripe

• Open Source Mobile Toolkits and Libraries
  • FoneMonkey
  • jQuery Mobile
  • Min3D
  • PhoneGap
  • Sencha Touch

• Most Promising Open Source Project
  • Chamilo
  • FLOW3
  • ImpressPages
  • Nette Framework
  • Seo Panel

• Open Source Business Applications
  • Magento
  • nopCommerce
  • OpenCart
  • PrestaShop
  • SugarCRM

• Open Source JavaScript Libraries
  • Dojo Toolkit
  • jQuery
  • RaphaelJS
  • Sencha (ExtJS)
  • YUI Library

• Open Source Multimedia Software
  • Airtime
  • Blender
  • GIMP
  • Inkscape
  • Krita

Vote in the Subcategories:

• The Open Source CMS subcategory
  • Best .NET Open Source CMS
  • Best Open Source CMS for performance
  • Best CMS for Best Community
  • Best CMS for Ease of Use

• The Open Source JavaScript Libraries subcategory
  • Best JavaScript Library for plug-ins
  • Best JavaScript Library for Effects and animations ability
  • Best JavaScript Library Community
  • Best JavaScript Library for Performance

The voting stage will begin on September 19 and ends on October 31. This is your chance to vote for the project you want to win in each category. Public votes will be combined with ratings from a panel of Judges with the winners announced on November 7.

You will also be pleased to hear that by voting for your favorite Open Source project in the voting stage, you will have another chance to win a fantastic Amazon Kindle! This is an opportunity for you to download all your favorite Packt eBooks and read them from one handy device. During the voting stage, a randomly chosen voter will be drawn out of the hat.

Timelines:

The Open Source Awards is split into two main stages. Firstly, nominations begin on 1st August 2011.

This will be your chance to put forward your favorite Open Source projects for each category to go through to the final voting stage.

The finalists in the voting stage will be announced at the beginning of September; and the Voting stage begins on 19th September 2011. Voting closes on 31st October 2011, with the winners announced throughout the week commencing 7th November 2011.

August  1 | Nominations Open

September 9 | Nominations Close

September  19 | Voting Begins

October 31 | Voting Ends

November 7 | Winners Announced

Prize Fund

2011 Open Source Awards Rules

1. Only nominations for Open Source Content Management Systems, Business Applications, Multimedia Software, Open Source Mobile Software and JavaScript Libraries 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 projects with the most nominations will go through to the final in each category.

4. An Open Source project cannot win the Open Source CMS, Open Source JavaScript Libraries, Open Source Multimedia Software or Open Source Business Applications Award and win the Most Promising Open Source project category. They must be won by different Open Source projects.

5. The Most Promising Open Source Project category is open for Open Source projects that first release was under two years ago as of August 1, 2011. Projects that entered the 2010 Most Promising Open Source project category, that are still eligible for the 2011 Most Promising Open Source projects category are invited to enter.

6. During the final voting stage, only one vote per person will be counted.

7. 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.

8. Category Award winners will be decided on a points basis. Every one vote from the judges is the equivalent to two votes from the public. The project that the judges have voted as the number one will be awarded three points. The second placed project will receive two points and the third placed project will receive one point. The project that the public have voted as the number one will be awarded six points. The second placed project will receive four points and the third placed project will receive two points. The project with the highest number of points overall will be declared the winner.

9. In the event of a tie, the decision will be based on the divide found in the public vote.

10. All judges are independent and their decision is final

11. Packt Publishing has no influence, input or say in the finalists or winners of any Award category.

12. Each winner of the Amazon Kindle will be chosen at random and will be contacted directly by Packt.

For more information: award@PacktPub.com