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From the FAQ: >I have a puzzle idea! Can I send it to you? >Please don't. Because of legal issues like copyright and attribution, I don't accept puzzle ideas,

From the FAQ: >I have a puzzle idea! Can I send it to you? >Please don't. Because of legal issues like copyright and attribution, I don't accept puzzle ideas, and I won't even read your email if it looks like one just in case I use parts of it by accident. It's sad that we live in a world where code snippets sent by others can result in legal issues down the line.

aloisdg 5y ago
Let's create an Advent of Community with crowd source puzzle under FOSS license
- lghh 5y ago
  This is a neat idea. If you're serious, I'd be willing to provide my email and chat through the idea and help out.
  - aloisdg 5y ago
    Why not. I am not sure if I would have both the level and the time though.
- Buttons840 5y ago
  There's a Reddit that has a coding problem every day.
  - joaogui1 5y ago
    Which one?
    - Jtsummers 5y ago
      https://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/ - that's the one I know of. Sadly it's become defunct, but has a large number of problems going back over the years. I used to enjoy it as a kind of warmup at the start of my day.
- raxxorrax 5y ago
  A bit specialized but I like codegolf on stackexchange. Sure, the problem itself isn't the focus here, the implementation is, but it still does it for puzzling for me. I have finished all the regex crosswords I could find on the net...
Rayhem 5y ago
I suspect the Eric Wastl (AoC developer) wants this project to remain solely his and this is mostly a polite way to wave away all contributions in one go. I believe he has said he has way more problem ideas than time to implement them as-is, so I think that's a very fair position to take.
- BbzzbB 5y ago
  I had no clue AoC is a one-man-band project. With that in mind, how diversified are these puzzles? Wouldn't it be repetitive for people doing it year over year or is Eric one excessively creative individual?
theshrike79 5y ago
This is the same reason production companies burn all unrequested scripts sent to them. If they open it and accidentally make a movie/tv-show that's too similar, they're liable to get sued. But if they can prove that all unsolicited mail is disposed without opening, they're golden.

aloisdg 5y ago

Let's create an Advent of Community with crowd source puzzle under FOSS license

lghh 5y ago
This is a neat idea. If you're serious, I'd be willing to provide my email and chat through the idea and help out.
- aloisdg 5y ago
  Why not. I am not sure if I would have both the level and the time though.
Buttons840 5y ago
There's a Reddit that has a coding problem every day.
- joaogui1 5y ago
  Which one?
  - Jtsummers 5y ago
    https://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/ - that's the one I know of. Sadly it's become defunct, but has a large number of problems going back over the years. I used to enjoy it as a kind of warmup at the start of my day.
raxxorrax 5y ago
A bit specialized but I like codegolf on stackexchange. Sure, the problem itself isn't the focus here, the implementation is, but it still does it for puzzling for me. I have finished all the regex crosswords I could find on the net...

Rayhem 5y ago

I suspect the Eric Wastl (AoC developer) wants this project to remain solely his and this is mostly a polite way to wave away all contributions in one go. I believe he has said he has way more problem ideas than time to implement them as-is, so I think that's a very fair position to take.

BbzzbB 5y ago
I had no clue AoC is a one-man-band project. With that in mind, how diversified are these puzzles? Wouldn't it be repetitive for people doing it year over year or is Eric one excessively creative individual?

theshrike79 5y ago

This is the same reason production companies burn all unrequested scripts sent to them. If they open it and accidentally make a movie/tv-show that's too similar, they're liable to get sued. But if they can prove that all unsolicited mail is disposed without opening, they're golden.