{
  "id": 20972,
  "title": "Using MATLAB",
  "url": "/competitions/facebook-v-predicting-check-ins/discussion/20972",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-05-14T23:36:29.217Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 5,
  "views": 589,
  "content": "<p>Read the following in competition rules. I take it that, we cannot use MATLAB in this competition ?</p>\n\n<p>&quot;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\n<ul>\n<li>other than an Open Source Initiative-approved license (see <a href=\"http://opensource.org/\">http://opensource.org/</a>); or</li>\n<li>an open source license that prohibits commercial use.&quot;</li>\n</ul>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "120049",
      "postDate": "05/14/2016 23:36:29",
      "content": "<p>Read the following in competition rules. I take it that, we cannot use MATLAB in this competition ?</p>\n\n<p>&quot;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\n<ul>\n<li>other than an Open Source Initiative-approved license (see <a href=\"http://opensource.org/\">http://opensource.org/</a>); or</li>\n<li>an open source license that prohibits commercial use.&quot;</li>\n</ul>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Read the following in competition rules. I take it that, we cannot use MATLAB in this competition ?\r\n\r\n\"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:\r\n\r\n* other than an Open Source Initiative-approved license (see <http://opensource.org/>); or\r\n* an open source license that prohibits commercial use.\"",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "120050",
      "postDate": "05/14/2016 23:41:42",
      "content": "<p>No prizes. So who cares?</p>\n\n<p>(Unless Facebook doesn't want to hire Matlab users.)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "No prizes. So who cares?\r\n\r\n(Unless Facebook doesn't want to hire Matlab users.)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "120051",
      "postDate": "05/14/2016 23:59:55",
      "content": "<p>[whisper] no one will ever know [/whisper]</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "[whisper] no one will ever know [/whisper]",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "120052",
      "postDate": "05/15/2016 00:07:54",
      "content": "<p>[shhhh] I'm using IBM Watson. [/shhhh]</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "[shhhh] I'm using IBM Watson. [/shhhh]",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "120056",
      "postDate": "05/15/2016 00:47:01",
      "content": "<p>I'm using a DGX-1... was thinking of keeping that one a secret .. anyways..</p>\n\n<p>But, seriously @Competition admins .. Is Matlab ok ?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I'm using a DGX-1... was thinking of keeping that one a secret .. anyways..\r\n\r\nBut, seriously @Competition admins .. Is Matlab ok ?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "120068",
      "postDate": "05/15/2016 03:42:20",
      "content": "<p>There's always Octave.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "There's always Octave.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 120050,
      "author_name": "inversion",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/14/2016 23:41:42",
      "content": "<p>No prizes. So who cares?</p>\n\n<p>(Unless Facebook doesn't want to hire Matlab users.)</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120051,
      "author_name": "brandenkmurray",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/14/2016 23:59:55",
      "content": "<p>[whisper] no one will ever know [/whisper]</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120052,
      "author_name": "inversion",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/15/2016 00:07:54",
      "content": "<p>[shhhh] I'm using IBM Watson. [/shhhh]</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120056,
      "author_name": "bimaldatascientist",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/15/2016 00:47:01",
      "content": "<p>I'm using a DGX-1... was thinking of keeping that one a secret .. anyways..</p>\n\n<p>But, seriously @Competition admins .. Is Matlab ok ?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 120068,
      "author_name": "innerproduct",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/15/2016 03:42:20",
      "content": "<p>There's always Octave.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "120049": "Read the following in competition rules. I take it that, we cannot use MATLAB in this competition ?\r\n\r\n\"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:\r\n\r\n* other than an Open Source Initiative-approved license (see <http://opensource.org/>); or\r\n* an open source license that prohibits commercial use.\"",
    "120050": "No prizes. So who cares?\r\n\r\n(Unless Facebook doesn't want to hire Matlab users.)",
    "120051": "[whisper] no one will ever know [/whisper]",
    "120052": "[shhhh] I'm using IBM Watson. [/shhhh]",
    "120056": "I'm using a DGX-1... was thinking of keeping that one a secret .. anyways..\r\n\r\nBut, seriously @Competition admins .. Is Matlab ok ?",
    "120068": "There's always Octave."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}