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Offline Jenn

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Open to the Public
« on: February 01, 2024, 11:09:34 am »


One of the several changes being implemented includes opening the forum to the public. In the past these pages were restricted to members only for copyright protection. Restricting content to members only is no longer needed or effective for various reasons. For starters, most of the integration projects are now uploaded to http://custom.skyscrapersim.net which is unrestricted access to the public. The other reason is the sad truth that there is barely any new content to protect copyright to begin with. This policy is no longer protecting anything, as it only serves as a roadblock for viewing updates for projects.

The purpose of this change is to reduce the number of registrations. It may seem counterintuitive, but hear me out!  ???  Rather than increasing the quantity of registrations, this forum seeks to increase the quality of registrations. Members that are genuinely willing to positively contribute to the community are always welcome! ;D  With the elimination of the registration requirement to view the boards, the number of registrations will drop. This discourages troublemakers and those negatively contributing to this forum in any way. These changes will help improve the visibility and accessibility of this project. The requirement to create an account is not an effective deterrent for immature or inappropriate behavior. With the reduced need to create an account, it is far less likely that these incidents will occur. 

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Offline John Skywalker

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Re: Open to the Public
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2024, 04:13:36 pm »
Okay forgive me if I seem confused but I have a question on this. I have been making small changes with coding errors to the WTC Milestone 3 project owned by Skyscraper Simulator Showcase who said not the redistribute his work. I have been saving them to my Google Drive which I only shared with him. Does this change his copyright rules or do I still need to consult with him?

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Re: Open to the Public
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2024, 04:26:47 pm »
Okay forgive me if I seem confused but I have a question on this. I have been making small changes with coding errors to the WTC Milestone 3 project owned by Skyscraper Simulator Showcase who said not the redistribute his work. I have been saving them to my Google Drive which I only shared with him. Does this change his copyright rules or do I still need to consult with him?

Absolutely not! Others work is not allowed to be redistributed without their permission. Copyright rules are still to be respected and obeyed! This new policy does not change that. The only difference now is that an account is no longer needed to view the boards.
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Offline KMB_2025

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Re: Open to the Public
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2024, 09:37:46 am »
A bug(?) was found.
Not-registered users cannot download any attachments (or view photos that uploaded as an attachment), unlike in the old forum, where non-registered users can download attachments.

Example: