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MrPotatoManv3
Scratcher
37 posts

Turning on/off Remixes and/or Seeing Inside

I think there should be an option to enable and disable people being able to Remix or See Inside your project. On my game Object Clicker, I do challanges so people can decide what gets added to the game. The challanges are basically seeing who can get to a given amount of money first. I want to prevent people from cheating and viewing inside the project to give themselves money because that basically makes it unfair for everyone else who plays the game legitimately. Overall, I think it'd be a good thing to add to the website so that people don't steal games code and call it their own.

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Quantum-Cat
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Turning on/off Remixes and/or Seeing Inside

The Scratch Team have considered your suggestion, but they rejected it for the following reasons:

TOLoRS wrote:

3.2 Disable remixing or censor minor remixes

One of the most important ideas of Scratch is the share aspect. Scratch is a website not only for displaying your work, but also for sharing it with others, and by posting your project on the Scratch website you agree to allow others to remix your work. You are not allowed to write “Do not remix this project” in the Notes and Credits of your project; you may get alerted for this, because it discourages remixing. This suggestion extends to the ability to require permission to remix a project, as you have already given permission to others to use your creations by sharing a project on Scratch; for more information, see this post.

A remix of a project is allowed on Scratch, even if the remix only contains minor changes (this includes recolors). However, when you remix a project, you should put in the Notes and Credits what you changed. If you see a project that contains no noticeable changes, please use the Report button on it so the Scratch Team can take a look at it. This suggestion extends to “extremely minor remixes,” such as a remix of a game that gives you 2 points per second instead of 1. As long as the user explains what they changed about the project and gives proper credit, this is okay.

TOLoRS wrote:

4.1 Disable “See Inside” or restrict sharing

Some users want an option to prevent Scratchers from looking inside their project and using their artwork, scripts, or sounds. However, the core ideas of Scratch are "Imagine, Program, Share." By sharing a project on the Scratch website, you are allowing others to see the code and potentially remix or reuse the data inside, as long as they give credit. That being said, please use the Report button on any project that uses content from another Scratcher without giving credit to them. If you do not want other users to see inside your project, then do not share your project on the Scratch website.

Restricting sharing so that only certain users can view the project is also not going to be implemented. It is important for projects to be publicly shared for everyone to see so people can report them if they are inappropriate. Only allowing certain users to view projects could increase the chances of inappropriate projects being shared on the website. “Unlisted projects,” similar to a YouTube feature, will also not be implemented for the same reason. It could also be used for private messaging; for more information, see #7.1 on this list.

For now, I'll ask a moderator to close this topic. In the future, please read the stickies (topics with a pin icon next to them) before making a suggestion:

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