Editing SimCity (1989 video game) (section)

===''Micropolis''===

In January 2008, the ''SimCity'' [[source code]] was released as [[free software]] under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]] license,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2008/01/10/simcity-source-code-released-to-the-wild-let-the-ports-begin.aspx |title=SimCity Source Code Released to the Wild! Let the ports begin |date=January 10, 2008 |publisher=Weblogs.asp.net |access-date=September 1, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510093537/http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2008/01/10/simcity-source-code-released-to-the-wild-let-the-ports-begin.aspx |archive-date=May 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olpcnews.com/content/games/simcity_on_the_olpc_xo.html |title=SimCity on the OLPC XO! |publisher=Olpcnews.com |access-date=September 1, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830001540/http://www.olpcnews.com/content/games/simcity_on_the_olpc_xo.html |archive-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/features/games-aim-good |title=Games Aim For Good – Edge Magazine |publisher=Next-gen.biz |date=March 7, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905082952/http://www.next-gen.biz/features/games-aim-good |archive-date=September 5, 2012}}</ref> renamed to ''Micropolis'' (the original working title) for trademark reasons, and developed by [[Don Hopkins]]. The release of the source code was motivated by the [[One Laptop Per Child]] program. The ''Micropolis'' source code has been translated to [[C++]], integrated with [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and interfaced with both [[GTK+]] and [[OpenLaszlo]].<ref name="Micropolis source code">{{cite web|url=https://code.google.com/p/micropolis/ |title=micropolis – Micropolis City Simulator – Google Project Hosting |date=January 14, 2008 |access-date=September 1, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822044044/http://code.google.com/p/micropolis/ |archive-date=August 22, 2011}}</ref>

In 2008, [[Maxis]] established an online browser-based version of ''SimCity''.<ref>[http://simcity.ea.com/play/simcity_classic.php Game website for SimCity Classic – requires registration] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317030621/http://simcity.ea.com/play/simcity_classic.php |date=March 17, 2011}}</ref> A second browser-based version was later released under the name ''Micropolis''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://micropolisonline.com/ |title=Micropolis Online |access-date=November 12, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203081337/http://micropolisonline.com/ |archive-date=February 3, 2013}}</ref> In 2013, a browser-based version was released, ported using [[JavaScript]] and [[HTML5]], as ''micropolisJS''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://graememcc.github.io/micropolisJS |title=MicropolisJS |access-date=May 9, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509154755/http://graememcc.github.io/micropolisJS/ |archive-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref>
  
Since ''Micropolis'' is licensed under the GPL-3.0-or-later, users can do anything they want with it that conforms with the GPL-3.0-or-later{{spaced ndash}}the only restriction is that they cannot call it "SimCity" (along with a few other limitations to protect EA's trademarks).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://code.google.com/p/micropolis/wiki/License |title=License – micropolis – Micropolis GPL License Notice and additional terms per GNU GPL Section 7. – Micropolis City Simulator – Google Project Hosting |date=June 14, 2011 |access-date=February 5, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511162524/http://code.google.com/p/micropolis/wiki/License |archive-date=May 11, 2013}}</ref> This allows other, differently named projects to be forked from the Micropolis source code. Improvements to the open-source code base that merit EA's approval may be incorporated into the official "OLPC SimCity" source code, to be distributed with the OLPC under the trademarked name ''OLPC SimCity'', but only after it has been reviewed and approved by EA.<ref name="donhopkins1">{{cite web |first=Don |last=Hopkins |url=http://www.donhopkins.com/drupal/node/131 |title=History and Future of OLPC SimCity / Micropolis |publisher=Don Hopkins |date=November 11, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927114252/http://www.donhopkins.com/drupal/node/131 |archive-date=September 27, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>