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					|  |  |  | Be sure to fill | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | in your name and the year you created the mod. Having a license will | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | make sure others feel safe using your mod and redistributing it if | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | that's what you want. </p> | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | that's what you want.</p> | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					|  |  |  | API means application programming interface. It is just the set of | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | classes and/or functions you use to change the behavior of an existing | 
			
		
	
	
		
			
				
					|  |  | @ -312,10 +312,10 @@ files in a mod like that may help. | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | <p>A public license allows you to change and rerelease the mod, | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | in addition to just being "open source." Many | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | mods are on GitHub, GitLab, or notabug.org to allow easy | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | forking. Forking is when someone other than the original author | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | forking. Forking is when someone other than the project owner | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | makes improvements or fixes (often forking implies keeping it separate | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | and not having your changes pulled in to the author's version). If the | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | changes | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | and not having your changes pulled in to the project owner's version). | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | If the changes | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | are applicable to everyone, you would usually fork it by clicking "fork" | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | which allows you to download your own copy of the mod with "GitHub | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | Desktop" for GitHub on Windows or a public licensed program like "Git | 
			
		
	
	
		
			
				
					|  |  | @ -325,7 +325,11 @@ GitHub Desktop), name the commit, click commit, then click push. Then | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | you can go back to the repository online where you got the mod and click | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | "pull request" comparing across forks to the "head" from your | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | repository, allowing the owner to "accept" the request or comment on | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | changes you need to make or regretfully decline. If the owner declines, | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | changes you need to make or regretfully decline. Usually pull requests | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | are preceeded by discussion, often at an issue on the issue tracker. | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | Unless you are fixing something, you likely will have to present | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | something the project owner already wants or is trivial but helpful. | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | If the owner declines, | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | you can always keep your repository and use and distribute your version | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | of the mod if the license allows that. In some cases, you can instead | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | just make a mod that overrides an existing mod--that would require | 
			
		
	
	
		
			
				
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