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  "id": 340394,
  "title": "Use of GLP-licensed libraries",
  "url": "/competitions/hubmap-organ-segmentation/discussion/340394",
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  "post_date": "2022-07-28T19:51:10.046223Z",
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  "content": "<p>Are participants allowed to use libraries licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) as part of their training code?</p>\n<p>I found the following related paragraph in the competition rules:</p>\n<p>Open Source: You hereby license and will license your winning Submission and the source code used to generate the Submission under an Open Source Initiative-approved license (see <a href=\"http://www.opensource.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.opensource.org</a>) that in no event limits commercial use of such code or model containing or depending on such code …</p>\n<p>However it's unclear to me if that would prohibit the use of GPL libraries. It would be great if someone with experience in past competitions or someone from the organizing team can clarify.</p>\n<p>Thank you</p>",
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      "id": "1875235",
      "postDate": "07/28/2022 19:51:10",
      "content": "<p>Are participants allowed to use libraries licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) as part of their training code?</p>\n<p>I found the following related paragraph in the competition rules:</p>\n<p>Open Source: You hereby license and will license your winning Submission and the source code used to generate the Submission under an Open Source Initiative-approved license (see <a href=\"http://www.opensource.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.opensource.org</a>) that in no event limits commercial use of such code or model containing or depending on such code …</p>\n<p>However it's unclear to me if that would prohibit the use of GPL libraries. It would be great if someone with experience in past competitions or someone from the organizing team can clarify.</p>\n<p>Thank you</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Are participants allowed to use libraries licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) as part of their training code?\n\nI found the following related paragraph in the competition rules:\n\nOpen Source: You hereby license and will license your winning Submission and the source code used to generate the Submission under an Open Source Initiative-approved license (see www.opensource.org) that in no event limits commercial use of such code or model containing or depending on such code ...\n\nHowever it's unclear to me if that would prohibit the use of GPL libraries. It would be great if someone with experience in past competitions or someone from the organizing team can clarify.\n\nThank you",
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      "id": "1875264",
      "postDate": "07/28/2022 20:36:58",
      "content": "<p>you can check this post: <br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/164845\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/164845</a><br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/163433\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/163433</a><br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/avazu-ctr-prediction/discussion/11027\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/avazu-ctr-prediction/discussion/11027</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "you can check this post: \nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/164845\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/163433\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/avazu-ctr-prediction/discussion/11027",
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    {
      "id": 1875264,
      "author_name": "hengck23",
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      "post_date": "07/28/2022 20:36:58",
      "content": "<p>you can check this post: <br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/164845\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/164845</a><br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/163433\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/163433</a><br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/avazu-ctr-prediction/discussion/11027\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/avazu-ctr-prediction/discussion/11027</a></p>",
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      "replies": []
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    "1875235": "Are participants allowed to use libraries licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) as part of their training code?\n\nI found the following related paragraph in the competition rules:\n\nOpen Source: You hereby license and will license your winning Submission and the source code used to generate the Submission under an Open Source Initiative-approved license (see www.opensource.org) that in no event limits commercial use of such code or model containing or depending on such code ...\n\nHowever it's unclear to me if that would prohibit the use of GPL libraries. It would be great if someone with experience in past competitions or someone from the organizing team can clarify.\n\nThank you",
    "1875264": "you can check this post: \nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/164845\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/163433\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/avazu-ctr-prediction/discussion/11027"
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