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Yui Unifex responded:
The difference is that you are giving consent, in advance, for people to help you fix a failing in your game. In the situation presented by the originator of this thread, no such "failing" was mentioned, and no such consent was given.
In the game I play, the staff welcomes new stuff submitted by players all the time. They absolutely love new ideas, suggestions for improvement, etc. etc. The main thrust though, is that this stuff has to be submitted to the staff for approval, and it's the staff that does the implementation.
If players created a prog that circumvented your code, Yui, and did -not- distribute the prog to you and prevented you from gaining access to it, are you saying you'd be glad, and give them a pat on the back and encourage them to continue? Or - would you tell them that it's a great prog, does the job from what you can see, and you will be happy to implement it in the game as soon as they give it to you? And if they refuse after you ask nicely - then either prevent them from using it, or prevent them from playing.
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