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> Q. Who is not eligible to compete in the challenge?

> Entrants who are younger than 18 years of age;

Ugh. They just ruled out a large portion of the hackers for whom 10k is a lot of money.

They probably didn't have much of a choice on this one, strictly for legal reasons.

I don't know. You don't have to be 18 to win 10k at a chess tournament.

irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide right and license

If words like that were used in said chess tournament, you probably would have to be 18 to compete.

They probably have to be 18 to grant irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide right and license. But maybe they should have made it work somehow.

The way it's been explained to me before is that you do have to be an adult to enter in to a legal agreement.

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