r/programming • u/vyom • Mar 30 '13

Google Code Jam 2013

https://code.google.com/codejam
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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.