Procedure for submitting your entries

You must submit your program as a tar file, compressed with gzip. The tar file must contain (at least) the following:

• A README file, giving some details about your entry.
• A buildme executable file, which we will launch once before judging your entry. This buildme file should be a script that compiles your sources and builds runme. If you submit your program as a precompiled executable (which is strongly advised), then buildme can be an empty file.
• A source directory that contains the source code of your program. You must give us the rights to publish some or all of your source on the contest Web page and at the conference. See FAQ number 29 for more details.
• A runme executable file, your entry. This is not needed if you use the buildme to compile it.

Once your tar file is ready, go over to the submission page and fill in the form. The fields are explained below.

• Team name: choose a cool name for your team.
• Program name: choose a cool name for your program. The same team may submit several programs if they are different enough.
• Original submission/Resubmission: check Original submission if this is your first submission of this program; check Resubmission if this is a new and improved version of a program that you have already submitted.
• Contact e-mail address: the e-mail address of one member of the team. This e-mail address will be used (if needed) for correspondence about your entry. It will not be used for anything else.
• File: depending on your browser, you will enter the pathname of your (gzipped) tar file, or choose it from a GUI dialog.
• Size: the size (in bytes) of your gzipped tar file. This will be used for checking that your submission got through correctly. Optional.
• MD5 sum: the MD5 fingerprint of your gzipped tar file. This will also be used to check the integrity of your file. Optional.
• Language(s) used: which programming language(s) is your submission written in? This is entirely optional and purely to satisfy the judges' curiosity.

Then you can click the Submit button (or do whatever Lynx users do instead of clicking buttons :-)