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====== Source Code ====== | ====== Source Code ====== | ||
- | **Yags** is licensed under the [[http:// | + | **YAGS** is licensed under the [[http:// |
The point of the GPL is to give //you//, the gamer, certain rights. Firstly, you have the right to download the game for free. You can print out as many copies as you want, and distribute it however you want. This even includes selling it. | The point of the GPL is to give //you//, the gamer, certain rights. Firstly, you have the right to download the game for free. You can print out as many copies as you want, and distribute it however you want. This even includes selling it. | ||
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What you // | What you // | ||
- | Secondly, you have the right to see the source code. In the case of computer software the //source code// is pretty well defined - it's all the bits required to compile binaries of the software. For **Yags**, the source code is the text (XML) files on which the PDFs are based, and the stylesheets which are used to generate those PDFs. It also includes all the associated icons and images. | + | Secondly, you have the right to see the source code. In the case of computer software the //source code// is pretty well defined - it's all the bits required to compile binaries of the software. For **YAGS**, the source code is the text (XML) files on which the PDFs are based, and the stylesheets which are used to generate those PDFs. It also includes all the associated icons and images. |
Thirdly, you have the right to modify the game in any way you choose. Since you can access the source, you can change it and generate your own PDFs (or Kindle books, or HTML files or whatever you want) as long as they too are licensed under the GPL. | Thirdly, you have the right to modify the game in any way you choose. Since you can access the source, you can change it and generate your own PDFs (or Kindle books, or HTML files or whatever you want) as long as they too are licensed under the GPL. | ||
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+ | ===== Getting the Source ===== | ||
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+ | The source for **YAGS** is available on [[https:// | ||
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+ | git clone https:// | ||
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+ | Unless you like reading XML files though, it's not the best way to read the rules. These files are very easy to process using a computer program however, so if you wanted you could load all the skills into a database or a spreadsheet for example. | ||
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+ | It's also possible to format the XML into a more human friendly format. The project that this is part of, **Yagsbook**, | ||
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