Outdated sources

[devnoname120]

Would it be possible to update the repository with the latest sources?
It would allow people to contribute.

Thank you!

[omarjackman]

👍

[yuvilio]

Echoing this. Looking at this repo and seeing the main branches not updated since 2013 makes this feel like an abandoned project, though it's clearly not from its releases.

[Chaz6]

Hi derjanb, you closed my ticket, so any news on this issue? Thanks!

[alex-kinokon]

@Chaz6 I unzipped the crx file from the Chrome Web Store and the LICENSE file says

Copyright 2015 Jan Biniok. All rights reserved.

So I guess it has now become a closed source software.

[derjanb]

Closed via e547f53

[devnoname120]

@derjanb If you don't mind, could you please explain your decision to close the source of this project? Have you had any negative experience? Thank you.

[asl97]

The final release was at the start of 2013 so those post should be relevant (at least the second link).
https://forum.tampermonkey.net/viewtopic.php?t=81#p712
https://forum.tampermonkey.net/viewtopic.php?t=858#p3198

[TomasHubelbauer]

FWIW the posts have been deleted, or rather it looks like the entire forum was. I tried using the Wayback Machine but I couldn't find any hits for either of the links. That seems surprising. I did not find a forum link on the TamperMonkey webpage so I think the forum was just closed and either the posts were super short-lived before that happened or they were scrubbed from Wayback Machine.

I did not find any other place that would mention the motivation for going closed-source and still be readable today, unfortunately. There is #1515 but the reasons for the decision are not explained there, only assurances about the continued privacy and security of the extension (which I do find credible but am still curious as though why the change was made).