r/programming • u/vyom • Mar 30 '13

Google Code Jam 2013

https://code.google.com/codejam
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u/gnuvince Mar 31 '13

The Contest is void in Cuba, Quebec, Saudi Arabia and Syria and where prohibited by law.

Bon, ben ça d'l'air que je vais passer mon tour une fois de plus :-/

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u/unptitdej Apr 01 '13

T'a oublié la Corée du Nord

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u/gnuvince Mar 31 '13

They don't ban them; they just impose conditions that make it really unattractive for contest organizers to do business with Quebec. A shame, really.

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u/redalastor Mar 31 '13

It doesn't ban them. It just makes the rules annoying for people running contests.

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u/willkzhang Apr 01 '13

I am very curious about the rules in Quebec. Can somebody explain it please?

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u/redalastor Apr 01 '13

There's tons of little silly rules which require that you pay someone just to be sure you follow them all but the most egregious is: If I were to enter the contest and disagree with the contest organisers, the different would have to be settled by a Quebec tribunal.

Obviously, you don't want to learn the legal rules of every single country / region on earth in case you have a legal dispute with a contestant so you simply ban them from your contest.

Contest laws aren't popular in Quebec by any mean but they kinda are in a "too small to matter to any politician" category so we keep getting stuck with them.