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QRL Games | Winter Hackathon 2022

Rules & Guidelines

Hackathon Phases

  • Phase Hackathon
  • Start Date 2022-12-14
  • End Date 2023-01-04
  • Location Online

Rules & Guidelines

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Audience & Code-of-Conduct

This hackathon is open to everyone of most ages and skill levels. Whether you’re a designer, developer, writer, or want to be one, your presence is welcome! This is as much a place to build on the QRL ecosystem as much as it is to build the QRL community.

Covering this is our Code-of-Conduct, which broadly boils down to treating everyone with respect.

Rules

  1. Attendees from all backgrounds, genders, and geographies are welcome. There is no age restriction to attend the hackathon. In case you are under 18, your parents/legal guardian should contact the hackathon to request a waiver authorizing you to attend the hackathon.
  2. There can be up to five to a team, which is spearheaded by a single individual.
  3. It’s possible to be part of multiple teams, but not to lead multiple teams.
  4. It’s possible to work on something on your own, (ie. a team of one)
  5. QRL Team members are eligible to participate in the hackathon independently, but not for any prizes.
  6. Project should have a major theme or component be QRL, and is recommended to use the QRL ecosystem.
  7. Adding new features to existing projects is allowed, such as adding QRL to another ecosystem.
  8. Teams can work on an idea that they have worked on before.
  9. Any intellectual property developed during and within the scope of the hackathon must be open source and licensed under one of the licenses referenced in https://opensource.org/licenses.
  10. Projects that violate the Code-of-Conduct are not allowed.
  11. Teams can be disqualified from the competition at the organizers’ discretion. Reasons might include but are not limited to breaking the competition rules, breaking the Code-of-Conduct, or other unsporting behaviour.