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> 1.6 Communications. All communications between Google and you, including the Contest website and email communications, will be in English.

Since you can't use French to compete in Code Jam, I guess it violates Quebec's Charter of the French Language.

http://legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/ShowDoc/cs/C-11

I wonder how tech companies find talents assuming most of the software and books about it are in English.

Simple... they relocate to Ontario.

Some of the wierd things I found out about Quebec's absurd language laws -

Toys and games, which require the use of a non-French vocabulary for their operation are prohibited on the Québec market, unless a French version of the toy or game is available on the Québec market on no less favourable terms.

KFC was renamed to PFC (Poulet Frit Kentucky) inorder to operate in Quebec.

The child of non English immigrants or naturalized citizens cannot go to English schools in Quebec by law !

What fun in Quebec.

I happened to be on vacation in Quebec when Law 1 (or was it 101?) went into effect. I remember the education minister threatening English-speaking schools with $x/child/day fines for sending to children from any but Anglophone homes.

Being a new resident in Quebec, I started to notice a pattern here.

https://www.spotify.com/ca-en/premium/

" Offer not available to users who already tried Premium or to users in Quebec. "

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=2...

" Residents of Quebec aren't eligible for a free trial of Amazon Prime. "

Why is Quebec specifically excluded and not Canada as a whole?

EDIT: https://www.thebalance.com/why-are-so-many-competitions-void...

https://www.thebalance.com/why-are-so-many-competitions-void...

Great minds think alike! I just found that same link

There is currently a lawsuit against Spotify in Quebec. Might be related.

Because premium subscriptions were charged automatically after a free first month. Spotify sent a mass email about this with the legal documents included.

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