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snytkine / staying_alive

Chrome Extension to keep session alive with background requests
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/staying-alive/lhobbakbeomfcgjallalccfhfcgleinm
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What license is this distributed under? #9

Open hgoodman opened 8 years ago

hgoodman commented 8 years ago

I see this hasn't been maintained since 2013 and I'm interested in maybe making some updates. First things first however, I don't see any license info. It seems to be abandoned. Can I assume that this code is public domain?

RogerThiede commented 8 years ago

https://help.github.com/articles/open-source-licensing/

What happens if I don't choose a license? You're under no obligation to choose a license. It's your right not to include one with your code or project, but please be aware of the implications. Generally speaking, the absence of a license means that the default copyright laws apply. This means that you retain all rights to your source code and that nobody else may reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from your work. This might not be what you intend. Even if this is what you intend, if you publish your source code in a public repository on GitHub, you have accepted the Terms of Service which do allow other GitHub users some rights. Specifically, you allow others to view and fork your repository within the GitHub site. If you want others to use, copy, modify, or contribute back to your project, we strongly encourage you to include an open source license

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 12:55 PM Henry Goodman notifications@github.com wrote:

I see this hasn't been maintained since 2013 and I'm interested in maybe making some updates First things first however, I don't see any license info It seems to be abandoned Can I assume that this code is public domain?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/snytkine/staying_alive/issues/9.

hgoodman commented 8 years ago

Thanks for the reply @RogerThiede. I was hoping for a response from @snytkine since it doesn't seem like any PRs would be accepted due to lack of activity for the past couple years. So, in a case like this, is it OK to fork, modify the code, and then redistribute my own fork instead of waiting for a PR to get accepted? That's why I asked about the license.

snytkine commented 8 years ago

Just keep my name as the author, if you add your own modifications you may of cause add your name too, but it's important to me that my name is kept as original author. I am not sure if I'm going to make any updated to this extension, I may resume it if future version of Chrome will require some updates

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Henry Goodman notifications@github.com wrote:

I see this hasn't been maintained since 2013 and I'm interested in maybe making some updates First things first however, I don't see any license info It seems to be abandoned Can I assume that this code is public domain?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/snytkine/staying_alive/issues/9.

raxod502 commented 6 years ago

@snytkine It's considered best practice to formalize this statement by adding a license. Have you considered the MIT License, which allows modifications as long as the original copyright notice is retained?

markdreyer commented 4 years ago

@snytkine It's considered best practice to formalize this statement by adding a license. Have you considered the MIT License, which allows modifications as long as the original copyright notice is retained?

I realize this is two years late, but looks like this repo is MIT License: https://github.com/snytkine/staying_alive/blob/master/js/fg.js#L2

I am wondering if the extension even works as many users have said it stopped working after Chrome updates. I'd be willing to at least update dependencies and get it working with latest Chrome. @snytkine - if I made these updates, would you merge the PR and get it deployed to the web store?