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Anonymous asked:

hey is the github project open-source? I'd love to contribute.

It is! You can find us here. We love contributions! If you want ideas on where to start, you can check the issues page.

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Anonymous asked:

I didn't see it in the FAQ, so I wanted to ask... how many people are working on this fork of xkit? Is it just one person, or are there multiple contributors?

new-xkit-extension answered:

Two of us are on this blog, and there’s at least one other regular contributor. We welcome contributions over on github from anyone willing to help. You’ll see us make a lot of “I” statements in posts because we usually work alone on separate projects within XKit.

[karanguni]

Any plans on making the list of known issues a set of issues on github? I’m thinking of helping out, but not really sure what a good workflow is here besides “ATTACK EVERYTHING”

[xumbra]

I second this request. It’s easier to look at a list of issues on Github than look at an infrequently updated list of known bugs or periodically browse the #new xkit, #x kit, and #xkit tags.

[new-xkit-extension]

We’ve made the issues page here. This is a more streamlined space for alerting us to issues and seeing what needs to be done.

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Anonymous asked:

I will check out the extension on my pc tomorrow. For now I'll just say good luck with your project! I have to ask though, do you really have to go by Xkit? It feels kinda weird to co-opt another person's project like that. Even if you're basing this on the old Xkit, maybe consider making your own brand?

A couple other people have shared your concern. This is a fairly common practice in the world of opensource software, and services like github (where we and the original XKit Guy host our source code) allow you to edit other people’s software easily by “forking” it into your own directory. If you look at the github page, you’ll see that there are 72 forks of XKit, meaning 72 people have created their own offshoot version. XKit Guy uploaded his sourcecode to github with the intent of letting people do this.

Additionally, XKit is GPL-licensed, which grants users/other developers the right to share, copy, and modify the software. XKit Guy would have released his software under a more restrictive license if he were uncomfortable with this.

I hope this assuages your concerns!

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thestarstruckdragonboy013 asked:

Quick question. Is it a group of people or just one person updating all of this? Thanks a super bunch! Any way other people can help besides pointing out bugs?

Right now there are two people working on this. If you know javascript, you’re welcome to contribute code yourself over on github. If you don’t know how to use github, there should be tutorials floating around the internet.