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  "title": "Open source softwares: Rules",
  "url": "/competitions/acquire-valued-shoppers-challenge/discussion/8079",
  "author_name": "Anupam Kar",
  "post_date": "2014-05-07T12:08:19.477000",
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  "content": "<p>Does Competition Rules for &quot;Acquire Valued Shoppers Challenge&quot; imply that open source software like R and python CANNOT be used in order to eligible for the prizes?</p>\n<p>Ref: <a href=\"http://www.kaggle.com/c/acquire-valued-shoppers-challenge/rules\">OPEN-SOURCE CODE</a></p>",
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      "id": 47411,
      "postDate": "2014-05-31T21:18:54.737Z",
      "content": "<p>So, what exactly is that Open Source statement trying to prevent us from using, exactly?</p>"
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      "postDate": "2014-05-08T16:30:55.833Z",
      "content": "<p>If you look at the page&nbsp;<a href=\"http://blog.kaggle.com/category/dojo/\">&quot;How They Did It&quot;</a>, I see a number of winners that used R and Python, so I am assuming that it is okay to use these two products.</p>"
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      "id": 44242,
      "postDate": "2014-05-08T06:41:05.783Z",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the reply.</p>\n<p>But, what you have quoted is exactly the point. How do we get the explicit declaration that python &amp; R are exempt from this particular rule.</p>\n<p>Kinda scary, considering&nbsp;the possibility that a winning&nbsp;entry may be disqualified based on this rule. Because of lack of clear understanding.</p>"
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      "id": 44221,
      "postDate": "2014-05-08T00:44:14.903Z",
      "content": "<p>So, can we use Python?</p>"
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      "postDate": "2014-05-07T21:17:25.847Z",
      "content": "<p>Read the whole blurb:</p>\n\n<p>A Submission will be ineligible to win a prize if it was developed using code containing or depending on software licensed under an open source license:</p>\n<p><strong>* other than an Open Source Initiative-approved license (see &lt;http://opensource.org/&gt;); or</strong><br><strong>* an open source license that prohibits commercial use.</strong></p>\n\n<p>I do not believe that R or Python fall into the exclusions.</p>"
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      "postDate": "2014-05-07T12:08:19.477Z",
      "content": "<p>Does Competition Rules for &quot;Acquire Valued Shoppers Challenge&quot; imply that open source software like R and python CANNOT be used in order to eligible for the prizes?</p>\n<p>Ref: <a href=\"http://www.kaggle.com/c/acquire-valued-shoppers-challenge/rules\">OPEN-SOURCE CODE</a></p>"
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      "author_name": "inversion",
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      "post_date": "2014-05-31T21:18:54.737000",
      "content": "<p>So, what exactly is that Open Source statement trying to prevent us from using, exactly?</p>",
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      "author_name": "re-EDIT",
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      "post_date": "2014-05-08T16:30:55.833000",
      "content": "<p>If you look at the page&nbsp;<a href=\"http://blog.kaggle.com/category/dojo/\">&quot;How They Did It&quot;</a>, I see a number of winners that used R and Python, so I am assuming that it is okay to use these two products.</p>",
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      "author_name": "Anupam Kar",
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      "post_date": "2014-05-08T06:41:05.783000",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the reply.</p>\n<p>But, what you have quoted is exactly the point. How do we get the explicit declaration that python &amp; R are exempt from this particular rule.</p>\n<p>Kinda scary, considering&nbsp;the possibility that a winning&nbsp;entry may be disqualified based on this rule. Because of lack of clear understanding.</p>",
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      "id": 44221,
      "author_name": "Li Li",
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      "post_date": "2014-05-08T00:44:14.903000",
      "content": "<p>So, can we use Python?</p>",
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      "id": 44212,
      "author_name": "re-EDIT",
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      "post_date": "2014-05-07T21:17:25.847000",
      "content": "<p>Read the whole blurb:</p>\n\n<p>A Submission will be ineligible to win a prize if it was developed using code containing or depending on software licensed under an open source license:</p>\n<p><strong>* other than an Open Source Initiative-approved license (see &lt;http://opensource.org/&gt;); or</strong><br><strong>* an open source license that prohibits commercial use.</strong></p>\n\n<p>I do not believe that R or Python fall into the exclusions.</p>",
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