Port Mortem is a 72-hour hackathon run by Hackathon Raptors. This Code of Conduct applies to everyone who takes part — participants, judges, mentors, and organizers — across every space we run, including the Discord server, the registration and submission forms, and any live sessions. By joining, you agree to follow it.
General conduct
- Treat everyone with respect, regardless of background or experience level.
- No harassment, hate speech, discrimination, or personal attacks.
- Keep discussions professional and constructive.
- No NSFW, illegal, or otherwise inappropriate content.
- Follow the rules of the platforms we use, including Discord's Terms of Service.
Fair play and originality
Port Mortem is a porting hackathon: you take a real open-source project and rewrite it in another language while proving the port actually works. Fair play matters as much as the result.
- Build during the event. The port you submit must be written during the 72-hour window. Scaffolding a project, then doing the real work beforehand, is not allowed.
- Your own work. No plagiarism or code theft. Do not pass off another team's port, an existing rewrite, or a tutorial's output as your own.
- Respect the source. Honor the license of the upstream project you port, keep required attribution and notices, and clearly credit the original project.
- Be honest about your tools. AI assistants and code-generation tools are allowed, but be transparent about how you used them. Do not misrepresent generated or borrowed work as hand-written when asked.
- Help within the rules. Helping other teams is encouraged, as long as it respects the competition and does not amount to doing their work for them.
Communication
- Use English in public channels so everyone can follow along.
- Keep discussions in the appropriate channels.
- No spam or excessive self-promotion.
- Tag moderators only when needed, and report issues through Discord modmail.
Enforcement
Moderators and organizers may act on any breach of this Code. Depending on severity, consequences escalate roughly as follows:
- First offense: a warning.
- Second offense: a temporary mute.
- Repeated offenses: a temporary or permanent ban.
- Severe violations: immediate removal from the event.
Cheating, fraud, plagiarism, and identity abuse are treated as severe violations. Running multiple accounts, submitting the same work under different identities (sockpuppeting), or evading a ban results in disqualification and forfeiture of any prizes. Where an account or identity matches our cross-event ban registry, the entry is removed. Decisions are made on corroborated evidence, and moderators' and organizers' decisions are final.
Reporting
If you witness or experience a breach of this Code, report it through Discord modmail on the Hackathon Raptors Discord or email hello@raptors.dev. Reports are handled discreetly. Participating in Port Mortem means agreeing to these rules.
This Code of Conduct works alongside our Terms & Conditions.