Tampermonkey Source State #1735
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Hello! I noticed the code in this current repository seems to not match what the current Tampermonkey product is. Does it became closed-source? |
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Yes, it has been closed-sourced since version 3.0 |
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As the developer of Tampermonkey, I have always worked on it in a private repository. The reason for this is that I enjoy working alone without having to consider external contributions or feedback regarding the implementation and architecture for example. While I did occasionally synchronize the GitHub repository with my private repository between versions 1.0.0.1 and 2.9.0 from 2010 to 2013, the syncing was sporadic and sometimes occurred with a two-year gap. However, the Mozilla Add-ons and Opera teams are receiving a source package to build and review Tampermonkey with every new version, and when I worked with the Microsoft Edge team on extension support for the first version of the Edge browser, they also had full access to the source code. Additionally, Firefox recently made Tampermonkey available for their Android browser after a review. |
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In my opinion this is kind of fraudulent not making this very clear in the readme (I think a majority of people coming here to see if it's open source are not looking at the last commit time). I would like to see something like this: NOTICE: Tampermonkey is closed source |
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As the developer of Tampermonkey, I have always worked on it in a private repository. The reason for this is that I enjoy working alone without having to consider external contributions or feedback regarding the implementation and architecture for example. While I did occasionally synchronize the GitHub repository with my private repository between versions 1.0.0.1 and 2.9.0 from 2010 to 2013, the syncing was sporadic and sometimes occurred with a two-year gap.
However, the Mozilla Add-ons and Opera teams are receiving a source package to build and review Tampermonkey with every new version, and when I worked with the Microsoft Edge team on extension suppor…