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Copyright (c) 1986, Landon Curt Noll & Larry Bassel.
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All Rights Reserved. Permission for personal, educational or non-profit use is
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granted provided this this copyright and notice are included in its entirety
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and remains unaltered. All other uses must receive prior permission in writing
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from both Landon Curt Noll and Larry Bassel.
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WARNING: The rules and mailing address for the contest change from year
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to year. Be sure that you consult the current set of rules
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before submitting entries.
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Subject: Third International Obfuscated C Code Contest Rules
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Newsgroups: net.lang.c
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Keywords: rules,1986,obfuscate,contest
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GOAL: To write the most Obscure working C program following the rules below:
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RULES: 1) The source must be 1024 bytes or less. NO exceptions!
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2) Include in your letter:
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a) Name (or anonymous), Company/School, City, State and Country.
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b) Your path from a major network site, if applicable.
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c) A brief statement of what the program should do.
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d) The Machine(s)/Operating system(s) on which it runs.
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e) Enclose your source between the following lines:
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---start of program---
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<place obfuscated source of 1024 bytes or less here>
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---end of program---
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3) The entry should be written in common C. (K&R + common extensions)
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4) The program must be of original work. All programs must be
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in the public domain. All copyrighted programs will be rejected.
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5) Entries must be received between 31-Mar-86 and 30-May-86 0:00 GMT.
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Email your entries to:
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decwrl!nsc!obfuscate
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Entries sent by UUCP email will be confirmed starting 1-May-86.
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People are encouraged to submit entries via email, however one may
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mail entries the following address:
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International Obfuscated C Code Contest
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National Semiconductor
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Attn: Landon Noll Mail Stop: 7c266
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1135 Kern Ave.
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Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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U.S.A.
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AWARDS: Winners of each category and the best of Show will be posted to
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net.announce as well as being published in the May 86 issue of the
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"Micro/Systems Journal". Winners also get to receive international
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fame/flame for their efforts!
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JUDGING: Awards will be given to the best entry in a number of categories.
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The actual category list will vary depending on the types of entries
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we receive. At the moment, we are considering using the following:
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* The most obscure algorithm
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* The worst abuse of the C preprocessor
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* The strangest source layout
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* The best small one line program
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* The most useful program
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* <anything else we need to give recognition to a good entry>
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Judging will be done by myself, Larry Bassel and other local people
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who are willing to help out.
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We will attempt to run each of them on a Vax 785/4.2BSD system.
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Don't let the lack of such a system stop you! Try to avoid operating
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system/machine specific code if you do not have such a system.
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Extra points will be given for programs which:
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a) pass lint without complaint
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b) do something quasi-interesting
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c) are portable
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A larger program size was selected to allow for a wider range of
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program ideas. However if you don't need 1024 bytes don't use them.
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Given two programs with similar techniques and similar levels of
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obfuscation, we will tend to favor the more concise entry.
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POLL: We want to know what you think is the most poorly coded utility
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released with 4.xBSD and/or Sys V. The top results plus the
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best flames will be posted along with the contest results.
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To vote, please follow the guidelines below:
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1) Include at the top of the letter:
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a) Name (or anonymous), Company/School, City, State and Country.
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b) Your path from a major network site, if applicable.
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c) the name of the poorly coded utility
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d) the name of the operating system on which it is found
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e) the line: <<<FLAME ON>>>
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f) up to 1024 bytes of flames
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g) the line: <<<FLAME OFF>>>
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2) Confine your vote to the standard set of commands. I.e., don't
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flame about local commands or user contributed software.
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3) Submit your votes via email to:
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for 4.xBSD: decwrl!nsc!bsd_util
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for Sys V: decwrl!nsc!sysV_util
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or, you may send your votes by letter to the same address used by
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the contest. Please place your votes on different sheets of paper.
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chongo <C> /\cc/\
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