{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/issues/1793","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/KSP-CKAN/CKAN","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/issues/1793/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/issues/1793/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/issues/1793/events","html_url":"https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/issues/1793","id":162173040,"number":1793,"title":"[Request/Suggestion] Opt In / Opt Out | Required changes to CKAN.","user":{"login":"VasVadum","id":1490797,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1490797?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/VasVadum","html_url":"https://github.com/VasVadum","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VasVadum/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VasVadum/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VasVadum/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VasVadum/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VasVadum/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VasVadum/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VasVadum/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VasVadum/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/VasVadum/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":62,"created_at":"2016-06-24T15:34:40Z","updated_at":"2016-06-26T04:03:00Z","closed_at":null,"body":"CKAN has officially become a threat to the community because mod author are beginning to change their mods over to All Rights Reserved in order to stop CKAN from listing.  This will hurt modding in the long run, and cause potentially permanent damage if this ARR trend kicks on just to get back at CKAN for not allowing choice.\r\n\r\nYou need to change your de-listing policy immediately because I will not continue to support something that is going to ignore this immediate threat.  It has been stated that when CKAN becomes opt in, most of this issue will go away and the people who are angry and wanted to de-list, are likely to no longer want to de-list.\r\n\r\nSo here is MY personal suggestion which is slightly getting some negative opinions against but I still think it is good for de-listed mods to help us manage everything in one place;\r\nIf an author de-lists, you can grey their mod out in the program and still show the home page for users to click and go get the mod manually, also showing a version number on it and all that jazz.  Instead of checkboxes or dashs where you would click to auto install/update a mod, place an X for a delisted mod.  When a mod has an update, turn the \"update\" column X into a clickable button which brings you to the home page of the mod so that you can find the download URL.  Make sure to make a note however for de-listed mods when a user clicks a home page button in one for the first time or an update button on one for the first time that it pops up an un-closable message that lasts for a minimum of 5 seconds;\r\n`The author has requested that his or her mod not be downloadable via CKAN, so you must do this via his or her page.  Please do not pester the mod author to change their listing status, it was their choice to make and they made it for whatever their reason was and they are even less likely to change their mind if people spam them with requests to list on CKAN.`\r\n\r\nThis way I don't need to manage mods via browser bookmark folder, and can still find a mod via CKAN even if I can't install it via CKAN.  I think an even better option for this though, is three versions of opt.\r\n**Opt-In:** Your mod is listed and downloadable via CKAN.\r\n**Opt-List:** Your mod is listed in CKAN but not downloadable.  It can still notify of updates too.\r\n**Opt-Out:** Your mod is not listed in CKAN unless it is detected in your game install, and then it is marked red in CKAN with only the information found in the meta-data that the author has provided with his mod.  _(Or don't list at all, I suggest listing if installed because this would allow me to export a list of mods I use easily if I want to share that list with someone, particularly for diagnosing an issue.)_\r\n\r\nI also suggest that you include a method for authors to write their own meta-data.  No more allowing non-authors to submit data to CKAN too.  Authors must be the ones to submit their information to CKAN, and a file that comes with mods can correct any meta-data CKAN has on the mod.  That's for another topic though I suppose as this one is specifically about opting in and out and the results of you not enabling it."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/issues/comments/228583162","html_url":"https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/issues/1793#issuecomment-228583162","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/issues/1793","id":228583162,"user":{"login":"politas","id":2109967,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2109967?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/politas","html_url":"https://github.com/politas","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/politas/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/politas/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/politas/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/politas/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/politas/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/politas/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/politas/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/politas/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/politas/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-06-26T04:03:00Z","updated_at":"2016-06-26T04:03:00Z","body":"I wish I had the talents and connections to be able to fork CKAN, but I'm afraid I don't."}}
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