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I am afraid that the author has disqualified himself by publishing the source code before the judging of IOCCC 2020 is over. See catch 22 in the rules: "The judges STRONGLY prefer to not know who is submitting entries to the IOCCC."[1] Even the winners are asked not to publish the code until it is available on the IOCCC web site.[2]

[1] https://ioccc.org/2020/rules.txt [2] Personal communication

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It is true that publishing the source code this early is risky, but submitting the code that has been already published is not prohibited by its own. My winning entry (2012/kang [1]) was in fact published independently and was even on HN [2]. I'm pretty sure that this is not the only occurrence, having seen some winning entries trending on Twitter before the public announcement.

[1] https://www.ioccc.org/2012/kang/

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2748402

‘Strongly prefer‘ != disqualification

'Strongly prefer'== banned for life

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