{
  "id": 20890,
  "title": "weird rules?",
  "url": "/competitions/facebook-v-predicting-check-ins/discussion/20890",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-05-12T07:31:10.757Z",
  "votes": 2,
  "comment_count": 4,
  "views": 1139,
  "content": "<p>The rules say Sharing of code or data is NOT permitted and we have scripts?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "119678",
      "postDate": "05/12/2016 07:31:10",
      "content": "<p>The rules say Sharing of code or data is NOT permitted and we have scripts?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The rules say Sharing of code or data is NOT permitted and we have scripts?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "119693",
      "postDate": "05/12/2016 09:31:29",
      "content": "<p>The rules state that <strong>private</strong> sharing of data or code is not permitted:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p><em>Participants are prohibited from privately sharing source or executable code developed in connection with or based upon the Data</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>But that <strong>public</strong> sharing (i.e. via the forum and through scripts) is allowed:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p><em>Participants are permitted to publicly share source or executable code developed in connection with or based upon the Data, or otherwise relevant to the Competition, provided that such sharing does not violate the intellectual property rights of any third party.</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>This is stated under the &quot;CODE SHARING&quot; section, about half-way down the page: <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/facebook-v-predicting-check-ins/rules\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/facebook-v-predicting-check-ins/rules</a></p>\n\n<p>Hope this helps.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The rules state that **private** sharing of data or code is not permitted:\r\n\r\n> *Participants are prohibited from privately sharing source or executable code developed in connection with or based upon the Data*\r\n\r\nBut that **public** sharing (i.e. via the forum and through scripts) is allowed:\r\n\r\n> *Participants are permitted to publicly share source or executable code developed in connection with or based upon the Data, or otherwise relevant to the Competition, provided that such sharing does not violate the intellectual property rights of any third party.*\r\n\r\nThis is stated under the \"CODE SHARING\" section, about half-way down the page: https://www.kaggle.com/c/facebook-v-predicting-check-ins/rules\r\n\r\nHope this helps.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "119767",
      "postDate": "05/12/2016 17:34:42",
      "content": "<p>No sharing outside teams</p>\n\n<p>Sharing code or data outside of teams is not permitted. This includes making code or data made available to all participants, such as on the forums.</p>\n\n<p>This is the 2nd point in competition rules that I was refering to</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "No sharing outside teams\r\n\r\nSharing code or data outside of teams is not permitted. This includes making code or data made available to all participants, such as on the forums.\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is the 2nd point in competition rules that I was refering to",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "119775",
      "postDate": "05/12/2016 18:13:48",
      "content": "<p>Agreed. Though the wording is strange, that rule does seem to contradict the fine-print.</p>\n\n<p>@Anaconda Is this something that you can help clarify for us, please?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Agreed. Though the wording is strange, that rule does seem to contradict the fine-print.\r\n\r\n@Anaconda Is this something that you can help clarify for us, please?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "119779",
      "postDate": "05/12/2016 18:27:47",
      "content": "<p>@Abhishek, @AlexTupper, </p>\n\n<p>Good catch and sorry for the confusion. This is an oversight from us, we will amend the rules. It should state something similar to the Airbnb competition like &quot;Privately sharing code or data outside of teams is not permitted. It's okay to share code if made available to all participants on the forums.&quot;</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Abhishek, @AlexTupper, \r\n\r\nGood catch and sorry for the confusion. This is an oversight from us, we will amend the rules. It should state something similar to the Airbnb competition like \"Privately sharing code or data outside of teams is not permitted. It's okay to share code if made available to all participants on the forums.\"",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 119693,
      "author_name": "alextupper",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/12/2016 09:31:29",
      "content": "<p>The rules state that <strong>private</strong> sharing of data or code is not permitted:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p><em>Participants are prohibited from privately sharing source or executable code developed in connection with or based upon the Data</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>But that <strong>public</strong> sharing (i.e. via the forum and through scripts) is allowed:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p><em>Participants are permitted to publicly share source or executable code developed in connection with or based upon the Data, or otherwise relevant to the Competition, provided that such sharing does not violate the intellectual property rights of any third party.</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>This is stated under the &quot;CODE SHARING&quot; section, about half-way down the page: <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/facebook-v-predicting-check-ins/rules\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/facebook-v-predicting-check-ins/rules</a></p>\n\n<p>Hope this helps.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 119767,
      "author_name": "abhishek",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/12/2016 17:34:42",
      "content": "<p>No sharing outside teams</p>\n\n<p>Sharing code or data outside of teams is not permitted. This includes making code or data made available to all participants, such as on the forums.</p>\n\n<p>This is the 2nd point in competition rules that I was refering to</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 119775,
      "author_name": "alextupper",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/12/2016 18:13:48",
      "content": "<p>Agreed. Though the wording is strange, that rule does seem to contradict the fine-print.</p>\n\n<p>@Anaconda Is this something that you can help clarify for us, please?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 119779,
      "author_name": "wendykan",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/12/2016 18:27:47",
      "content": "<p>@Abhishek, @AlexTupper, </p>\n\n<p>Good catch and sorry for the confusion. This is an oversight from us, we will amend the rules. It should state something similar to the Airbnb competition like &quot;Privately sharing code or data outside of teams is not permitted. It's okay to share code if made available to all participants on the forums.&quot;</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "119678": "The rules say Sharing of code or data is NOT permitted and we have scripts?",
    "119693": "The rules state that **private** sharing of data or code is not permitted:\r\n\r\n> *Participants are prohibited from privately sharing source or executable code developed in connection with or based upon the Data*\r\n\r\nBut that **public** sharing (i.e. via the forum and through scripts) is allowed:\r\n\r\n> *Participants are permitted to publicly share source or executable code developed in connection with or based upon the Data, or otherwise relevant to the Competition, provided that such sharing does not violate the intellectual property rights of any third party.*\r\n\r\nThis is stated under the \"CODE SHARING\" section, about half-way down the page: https://www.kaggle.com/c/facebook-v-predicting-check-ins/rules\r\n\r\nHope this helps.",
    "119767": "No sharing outside teams\r\n\r\nSharing code or data outside of teams is not permitted. This includes making code or data made available to all participants, such as on the forums.\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is the 2nd point in competition rules that I was refering to",
    "119775": "Agreed. Though the wording is strange, that rule does seem to contradict the fine-print.\r\n\r\n@Anaconda Is this something that you can help clarify for us, please?",
    "119779": "Abhishek, @AlexTupper, \r\n\r\nGood catch and sorry for the confusion. This is an oversight from us, we will amend the rules. It should state something similar to the Airbnb competition like \"Privately sharing code or data outside of teams is not permitted. It's okay to share code if made available to all participants on the forums.\""
  },
  "source": "meta"
}