Welcome to the 2011 Open Source Awards
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Categories and finalists:
Open Source CMS
Winner: Joomla!
1st Runner up: Drupal
2nd Runner up: Plone
Open Source Mobile Toolkits and Libraries
Winner: jQuery Mobile
1st Runner up: PhoneGap
2nd Runner up: Sencha Touch
Most Promising Open Source Project
Winner: ImpressPages
1st Runner up: Seo Panel
2nd Runner up: Chamilo
Open Source Business Applications
Winner: PrestaShop
1st Runner up: nopCommerce
2nd Runner up: OpenCart
Open Source JavaScript Libraries
Winner: jQuery
1st Runner up: Dojo Toolkit
2nd Runner up: Sencha (Ext JS)
Open Source Multimedia Software
Winner: Blender
1st Runner up: GIMP
2nd Runner up: Inkscape
The Open Source CMS subcategory*
Best Open Source CMS for Performance: Drupal
Best .NET Open Source CMS: DotNetNuke
Best CMS for Best Community: Drupal
Best CMS for Ease of Use: Drupal
The Open Source JavaScript Libraries subcategory*
Best JavaScript Library for plug-ins: jQuery
Best JavaScript Library for Effects and animations ability: jQuery
Best JavaScript Library Community: jQuery
Best JavaScript Library for Performance: jQuery
*The subcategories are for recognition purposes with no monetary prize awarded.
About the Awards
The Open Source Awards is a contest that aims to encourage, support, recognize and reward Open Source projects.
Formerly the Open Source CMS Award, the contest has been running since 2006 and is regarded as one of the most established platforms for recognizing excellence amongst Open Source Software. Prize money given out since 2006 tops $100,000.
To identify the excellence among Open Source projects, public votes for the finalists in each category were combined with ratings from a panel of Judges.
Packt Publishing has no influence, input or say in the finalists or winners of any Award category.
Vote today and you will be entered into a prize draw to win a Kindle!
This year the categories are:
- Open Source CMS
- Open Source Mobile Toolkits and Libraries
- Most Promising Open Source Project
- Open Source Business Applications
- Open Source JavaScript Libraries
- Open Source Multimedia Software
Read more about the Awards here.
Categories explained:
Open Source CMS-Every CMS that is based on one of the open source licenses is allowed to participate for this category
Open Source Mobile Toolkits and Libraries-This category is reserved for Open Source software that assist the development of applications for Mobile devices
Most Promising Open Source project- This category is reserved for all those open source projects that have had their first non-beta release within the past two years (of the date of the Award).
Open Source Business Applications -This category will be reserved for the type of Open Source web applications designed to support and help a company reach its commercial goals. This includes E-Commerce systems, ERP systems and CRM systems.
Open Source JavaScript Libraries -This category is reserved for JavaScript libraries, libraries of pre-written JavaScript controls which allow for easier development of RIAs (Rich Internet Applications), visually enhanced applications or smoother server-side JavaScript functionalities
Open Source Multimedia Software-This category is reserved for all Open Source software that is used for various ranges of multimedia, from audio editors/management to graphics and video editing software.
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
| Open Source CMS | Open Source Mobile Toolkit and Libraries | Most Promising Open Source Project | Open Source JavaScript Libraries
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Open Source Business Applications | Open Source Multimedia Software | |
| Winner | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| First Runner Up | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| Second Runner Up | $500 | $500 | $500 | $500 | $500 | $500 |
2011 Open Source Awards Sponsors
Read more about Arvixe here.
2011 Open Source Awards Rules
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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.
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Only one nomination per person, per category will be counted.
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The five Open Source projects with the most nominations will go through to the final in each category.
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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.
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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.
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During the final voting stage, only one vote per person will be counted.
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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.
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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.
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In the event of a tie, the decision will be based on the divide found in the public vote.
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All judges are independent and their decision is final
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Packt Publishing has no influence, input or say in the finalists or winners of any Award category.
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Each winner of the Amazon Kindle will be chosen at random and will be contacted directly by Packt.
For more information: award@PacktPub.com
