Patches

Patches on cables.gl can be private, "unlisted - view only", "unlisted - allow editor" or public, pick one of the three for the level of permission and collaboration you deem appropriate. We strongly encourage making your patch public to share your work with the community!

Public patches

You can share patches with the whole community by making them public in the settings of the patch. There is a few restrictions on which patches can be published, depending on which ops are used in the patch.

Public patches can be:

Viewed by everyone in the community and even visitors
Opened in the editor, altered but not saved by visitors and any user
Cloned for remixing, basis for new work or inspiration by any registered user
Voted on by any registered user to appear in the "Top Patches"
We sometimes pick social media posts from the "Top Patches" to publish on the cables accounts, you will be properly credited

Unlisted - Allow Editor patches

You can set patches to "Unlisted - Allow Editor" visibility. Users need the URL of the patch to access it. Rules are the same as for public patches (see above) but they will never appear in any of the lists like "Top Patches" or "Featured Patches".

So, rules are:

Viewed by everyone that knows the URL, even visitors
Opened in the editor, altered but not saved by visitors and any user
Cloned for remixing, basis for new work or inspiration by any registered user

Unlisted - View Only patches

You can set patches to "Unlisted - View Only" visibility. Users need the URL of the patch to access it. Rules are the same as for "Unlisted - Allow Editor" patches (see above) but users will not be allowed to open the editor to look at your patch.

So, rules are:

Viewed by everyone that knows the URL, even visitors
Cannot be opened in the editor

Private patches

Once you create or clone a patch on cables.gl it is marked as private. This means:

Only you (as the owner) can view the patch on the patchpage
Only you (as the owner) can view, edit and save the patch in the editor
Only you (as the owner) can invite other people for collaboration or add the patch to a team
Only the owner can delete a patch and all it's assets

Shared patches

There are several ways to share patches on cables.gl. Depending on your usecase or audience, pick any of the following:

Collaborators

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By adding other users to your patch, you grant them "read only" or "full access" to your patch. Use this to work on patches with other people.

Users with "Read Only" access can:

View the patch on the patch page
"Request Write Access" to the patch
Open the patch in the editor, alter it but not save it
Clone the patch for remixing or continue to work on it (and decide on who to keep as collaborators in the cloned patch)
See and use all the custom ops of collaborators
See and use all the custom ops of teams that are used in the patch
join multiplayer sessions to work on patches with other users

Users with "Full Access" can do all of the above, and:

Edit the patch and save it
Upload files to use as assets in the patch
Create patch-ops to use in the patch
Add ops of their teams to the patch
Manage patch settings (change name, pick licence, publish the patch, ...)
Invite other users or add teams as collaborators
Delegate ownership of a patch to some other collaborator

Teams

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Using the "Collaboration" tab in the patch settings you can add one or multiple teams to the patch (if you have "Full Access").

Adding a team to any patch will:

Show the patch on the teams page
Grant "Read Only" access to all (current and future) team members
"Full Access" still needs to be granted on a personal level, via collaborators (see above)

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