I'm willing to stat fixing some outdated and deserted addons. How can I do that if the manager/author doesn't answer pms and seems not working on the addon itself?
Please direct me to the right place so I can take over some addons.
Currently I'm using and see no updates on some awesome addons:
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or GPL) is a widely used[6] free software license, which guarantees end users (individuals, organizations, companies) the freedoms to run, study, share (copy), and modify the software.
Note that you may not claim copyright ownership; you'll have to acknowledge the original copyright.
Note that the MIT license explicitly includes the right to sublicense. Quoting: "the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,distribute, sublicense, and/or sell"
However,I'm no expert on licences, I just like to code :0.
If the licence sounds like it permits it, then I would create a new addon using code from the old one and have some sort of tribute statement for the old addon and developer.
EDIT: I guess you have to look for a statement about distributing modified copies or something like that in the licence texts.
seems all the addons you have listed are "All Rights Reserved". I don't think you are allowed to mess with that. (personally I don't understand why you would put such a strict copyright on a video games addon, my addon is under MIT)
I guess you can just create a new addon from scratch and let yourself be inspired by the old addons. Perhaps you will even create something much better.... But as you now just experienced, its probably a good idea to publish them using LGPL or MIT or something like that so other developers in the future doesn't run into the problem which you have now ;)....
seems all the addons you have listed are "All Rights Reserved". I don't think you are allowed to mess with that. (personally I don't understand why you would put such a strict copyright on a video games addon, my addon is under MIT)
My addons are ARR because I don't want other versions of my addons floating around in the nether with other people coming to me with random bug reports. I also don't mind if people ASK to use a snippet of code, but if you downright steal it, I won't be friendly. It's much better to learn from something and code it your own way.
Lastly, the patch JUST went live YESTERDAY. Give them a week before asking about taking them over. If you wanna submit code to their authors though, they might appreciate it.
My addons are ARR because I don't want other versions of my addons floating around in the nether with other people coming to me with random bug reports. I also don't mind if people ASK to use a snippet of code, but if you downright steal it, I won't be friendly. It's much better to learn from something and code it your own way.
Lastly, the patch JUST went live YESTERDAY. Give them a week before asking about taking them over. If you wanna submit code to their authors though, they might appreciate it.
That's a valid point. My original thinking was: if some dev suddenly decides not to play wow ever again and just leaves everything as is..
It is also my understanding of, for example, the MIT license that you need to credit the original dev.
No one should ofc modify and redistribute code that is ARR without permission. But I don't see a problem if you write your own code from scratch based on observations of how some other code work (or based on your own memory and screenshots in case of old broken addons). Where 'observe' means looking at the GUI or effect of the code, not the actual code itself.. Ofc it's cumbersome to resurrect an old addon that way. But if the licence is ARR and the original dev has decided never to work on the project again and never reply any requests again, then the cumbersome way is probably the only way.
Aura Frames has been fixed. Like Seerah says, I have put ARR on Aura Frames because I don't like clones in the same global namespace and that people come to me for random errors or anything like that.
Also, if I choice to stop maintaining, people can contact me or I release the project on Curse.
I'm willing to stat fixing some outdated and deserted addons. How can I do that if the manager/author doesn't answer pms and seems not working on the addon itself?
Please direct me to the right place so I can take over some addons.
Currently I'm using and see no updates on some awesome addons:
I'm willing to stat fixing some outdated and deserted addons. How can I do that if the manager/author doesn't answer pms and seems not working on the addon itself?
Please direct me to the right place so I can take over some addons.
Currently I'm using and see no updates on some awesome addons:
TrinketMenu
MikScrollingBattleText
Aura Frames
And the list prob. going to grow.
Regards,
H0PE
For example, the GPL licence from wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License
The MIT licence:
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/105912/can-you-change-code-distributed-under-the-mit-license-and-re-distribute-it-unde
However,I'm no expert on licences, I just like to code :0.
If the licence sounds like it permits it, then I would create a new addon using code from the old one and have some sort of tribute statement for the old addon and developer.
EDIT: I guess you have to look for a statement about distributing modified copies or something like that in the licence texts.
I guess you can just create a new addon from scratch and let yourself be inspired by the old addons. Perhaps you will even create something much better.... But as you now just experienced, its probably a good idea to publish them using LGPL or MIT or something like that so other developers in the future doesn't run into the problem which you have now ;)....
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Curse PremiumMy addons are ARR because I don't want other versions of my addons floating around in the nether with other people coming to me with random bug reports. I also don't mind if people ASK to use a snippet of code, but if you downright steal it, I won't be friendly. It's much better to learn from something and code it your own way.
Lastly, the patch JUST went live YESTERDAY. Give them a week before asking about taking them over. If you wanna submit code to their authors though, they might appreciate it.
That's a valid point. My original thinking was: if some dev suddenly decides not to play wow ever again and just leaves everything as is..
It is also my understanding of, for example, the MIT license that you need to credit the original dev.
No one should ofc modify and redistribute code that is ARR without permission. But I don't see a problem if you write your own code from scratch based on observations of how some other code work (or based on your own memory and screenshots in case of old broken addons). Where 'observe' means looking at the GUI or effect of the code, not the actual code itself.. Ofc it's cumbersome to resurrect an old addon that way. But if the licence is ARR and the original dev has decided never to work on the project again and never reply any requests again, then the cumbersome way is probably the only way.
Also, if I choice to stop maintaining, people can contact me or I release the project on Curse.