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Quebec's case is rather their laws regarding contests, lotteries etc. Basically any contest from outside Canada won't give a damn about working all of those rules in (if it's even possible at all), so they are simply banned from essentially all international competitions of this kind :)
Since the competition is being held by a company outside of Quebec, do they need to abide to these laws at all?
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Quebec's case is rather their laws regarding contests, lotteries etc. Basically any contest from outside Canada won't give a damn about working all of those rules in (if it's even possible at all), so they are simply banned from essentially all international competitions of this kind :)
Since the competition is being held by a company outside of Quebec, do they need to abide to these laws at all?
Running a contest in a given jurisdiction is a form of doing business in that jurisdiction, and so of course the contest is subject to whatever regulations that jurisdiction applies to that activity (contests, in this case). Imagine if this were not the case, and anybody could avoid complying with local laws just by calling their activity a 'contest' and running it out of some foreign jurisdiction.
So, by saying people in Quebec can't play, Google is not required to abide the unusual laws that they have there around contests and lotteries.
Quebec has weird laws about competitions. ( http://www.advertisinglawyer.ca/advertising.htm ) ( http://business.financialpost.com/2011/09/08/why-many-contes... )
As Eastern European I am a little bit satisfied that even reasonable Canadians do stupid things. Still I hope they will reconsider this law.
Those crazy Quebecois are going to use the knowledge learned to nuke Toronto!
Quebec has weird laws about competitions. ( http://www.advertisinglawyer.ca/advertising.htm ) ( http://business.financialpost.com/2011/09/08/why-many-contes... )
I was humorously assuming it was because almost all programming languages have key words in English. The Imp of the Recursive in my head was imagining an alternate programming culture like a Quebec version of steam-punk.
Quebec has weird laws about competitions. ( http://www.advertisinglawyer.ca/advertising.htm ) ( http://business.financialpost.com/2011/09/08/why-many-contes... )
I was humorously assuming it was because almost all programming languages have key words in English. The Imp of the Recursive in my head was imagining an alternate programming culture like a Quebec version of steam-punk.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was humorously assuming it was because almost all programming languages have key words in English. The Imp of the Recursive in my head was imagining an alternate programming culture like a Quebec version of steam-punk.
there are some public and private institutions where we can't use an english keyword for our variables and functions name.....I'm not joking!!
Another example of Quebec being a totalitarian regime. A bit different from some others in this world though. A place where one can increase funding for a language Gestapo, who fines restaurant owners who don't properly translate pasta in their menu, while cutting social spending. All for the benefit of the residents. Go Quebec!
Those crazy Quebecois are going to use the knowledge learned to nuke Toronto!