By entering the Code-A-Thon, each applicant represents, warrants and covenants as follows:
- Participant is the sole author, creator, and owner of the Submission.
- The Submission is not the subject of any actual or threatened litigation or claim.
- The Submission does not and will not violate or infringe upon the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, or other legal rights of any third party.
- The Submission does not and will not contain any harmful computer code (sometimes referred to as “malware,” “viruses,” or “worms”).
- The Submission, and contestants’ use of the Submission, does not and will not violate any applicable laws or regulations, including applicable export control laws and regulations of the U.S. and other jurisdictions.
- The Submission must be capable of enabling users to comply with all applicable standards, implementation specifications, and requirements in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regulations.
- If the submission includes any third party works (such as third party content or open source code), participant must be able to provide, upon request, documentation of all appropriate licenses and releases for such third party works. If participant cannot provide documentation of all required licenses and releases
- Contestants must indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Federal Government from and against all third-party claims, actions, or proceedings of any kind and from any and all damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses relating to or arising from participant’s submission or any breach or alleged breach of any of the representations, warranties, and covenants of participant hereunder. Contestants are financially responsible for claims made by a third party.
ONC reserves the right to disqualify any submission that it deems, in its discretion, to violate these Official Rules, Terms & Conditions.