It follows Kaggle’s legal style but is simplified and filled out with your actual competition details while staying valid for a skills-based, non-commercial competition (no legal issues).

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# **Official Competition Rules**

## ENTRY IN THIS COMPETITION CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL COMPETITION RULES.

**[See Section 3.18 for defined terms](rules#18.-terms)**

*This is a skills-based competition designed to promote and further the field of data science. You must register via the Competition Website to enter. By participating, you agree to these Official Rules, which include the Competition Website content and any specific rules listed below (collectively, the “Rules”). Please read them carefully before submitting. Submitting to this competition indicates your acceptance of these Rules.*

**Note:** You may not register or submit from multiple Kaggle accounts.

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## **1. COMPETITION-SPECIFIC TERMS**

### **1. Competition Title**

**Cat vs Dog Image Classification Challenge**

### **2. Competition Sponsor**

**Haradi Bots**, an educational robotics and AI research organization.

### **3. Competition Sponsor Address**

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

### **4. Competition Website**

[https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/cat-or-dog-image-classification-challenge/](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/cat-or-dog-image-classification-challenge/)

### **5. Total Prizes Available**

This is a **learning-based competition** with **no monetary prizes**.
Top performers will be recognized on the leaderboard and featured by Haradi Bots.

### **6. Winner License Type**

**Open Source License** – all winning solutions must be shared under an [OSI-approved license](https://opensource.org/licenses) that allows free academic and non-commercial use.

### **7. Data Access and Use**

Competition data is provided for **Competition Use and Academic Research** only.
Participants may use the data for non-commercial purposes, including for participation, education, and research.

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## **2. COMPETITION-SPECIFIC RULES**

### **1. Team Limits**

* Maximum team size: **5 participants**.
* Team mergers are allowed before the **Team Merger Deadline**.
* The total submission count of merged teams must not exceed the maximum allowed.

### **2. Submission Limits**

* Maximum **5 submissions per day**.
* You may select up to **2 final submissions** for judging.

### **3. Competition Timeline**

All important dates (Start Date, Entry Deadline, Final Submission Deadline, Team Merger Deadline) are listed on the **Overview → Timeline** page.

### **4. Competition Data**

Participants may access and use the dataset **only for this competition** and **academic research** purposes.
You agree not to redistribute or publicly share the data elsewhere.

You must use **reasonable security measures** to prevent unauthorized access.
If you suspect a data leak, notify the host immediately.

### **5. Winner License**

Winners must license their solution and code under an **open source license**.
This allows others to study and learn from the winning approach.
All external libraries used must be properly cited or publicly accessible.

### **6. External Data and Tools**

* You may use **external datasets** or **pretrained models** provided they are:

  * Publicly available and accessible to all participants at no cost, or
  * Reasonably accessible (for example, small cloud credits or public datasets).
* Automated ML tools (like AutoKeras, H2O, or AutoML frameworks) are allowed if you have the legal right to use them.

### **7. Eligibility**

* Anyone aged **13 or older** may participate.
* Employees, interns, or contractors of Haradi Bots may **participate for learning**, but are **not eligible for recognition as winners**.

### **8. Winner’s Obligations**

Winners must:

1. Submit complete training and inference code used to generate the final submission.
2. Include a description of:

   * Data preprocessing
   * Model architecture
   * Training strategy and hyperparameters
3. Provide clear instructions to reproduce the submission.
4. Ensure that all code and assets comply with their respective licenses.

### **9. Governing Law**

These Rules are governed by the laws of **California, USA**.
All disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts of **Santa Clara County, California**.
If any provision is found invalid, all remaining provisions remain in effect.

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### **3. ADDITIONAL NOTES**

* Competition submissions are scored using **Accuracy** (the proportion of correctly predicted images).
* Submissions that fail to follow the required CSV format may be disqualified.
* All participants must comply with Kaggle’s [General Rules](https://www.kaggle.com/terms) and [Community Guidelines](https://www.kaggle.com/community-guidelines).