My theory is that the colder it is, the more kids tend to play inside =)

According to the TopCoder algorithm competition stats:

1 Russian Federation 2930.06
2 China 2843.33
3 Poland 2842.79
4 Ukraine 2557.06
5 Japan 2483.83
6 Canada 2426.56
7 United States 2320.98
8 Slovakia 2291.73
9 South Korea 2226.98
10 Belarus 2206.81

Let's just hope the next war isn't fought with robots.

You are correct. It seems that condition only applies to those who are distributing the software.