Scratch

MegaUltraChicken wrote:

Maybe you could add in a feature to disable remixes?
Like if you have a great idea for a game, but you find other programming software to fiddly and tricky to use, but don't want anyone changing anything about it.
I say this because of an argument which went on between me and my friend because he remixed a project and I asked him not to.

If you see a project that's the exact same thing without any credit given, report it.

triple-e wrote:

MegaUltraChicken wrote:

Maybe you could add in a feature to disable remixes?
Like if you have a great idea for a game, but you find other programming software to fiddly and tricky to use, but don't want anyone changing anything about it.
I say this because of an argument which went on between me and my friend because he remixed a project and I asked him not to.

Did you read the stickied guide by ChrisCB?   It says this has been rejected

Actually, no, he only mentioned locking *downloads.*

The thing is, one of the most important aspects of Scratch is building off what others have made. Some of the most important inventions ever, er, invented, have been built off of a great deal of people adding to what people have already created. For instance, take the lightbulb. Thomas Edison apparently invented the original lightbulb, though that is up for debate. However, many of the lightbulbs you see these days are very dissimilar to those invented by old Tom. This is because inventors have been tweaking, or "remixing" the inventions for decades.

Another highly notable example is the computer. The first computers were gigantic boxes that had a light or two, made with glass tubes. However, microprocessors were invented, and the computers gradually got smaller and smaller, and their capabilities grew exponentially, until finally the engineers had remixed their ideas so much we have the computers I'm typing this on.

If remixing were restricted completely forbidden, our society would not exist as it does today. It is important, therefore, that remixing is completely allowable, and this applies very much to Scratch, too, as it is meant to start up the computer engineers of tomorrow, who may very well have to remix other programs. It's very essential to Scratch's ecosystem that we allow for remixing.

Sorry for that huge post.