metamask-extension

Plenty of projects are source-available, but not open source, and get tons of issues, and even contributions (https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension off the top of my head)

> I get a 3-5 sec lag on launch [0] as it prepares the browser to block ads. uBO is typically ready in a fraction of second, so "3-5 sec" is not normal. In Firefox all extensions sit in the same process, so it's possible another extension is preventing uBO to be ready in a timely manner, this has happened[1]. [1] https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/issues/13163

Metamask didn't blacklist these addresses. https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/commits/devel...

It's insane that it's closed source. Metamask (most popular eth hot wallet) unfortunately is proprietary too nowadays (some commercial restrictions) [1] but at least you can build it yourself, all commits are visible and it's developed in a semi open way. [1] https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/blob/develop/...

Others in the thread have mentioned that the MetaMask wallet provides a warning prior to allowing a site like this to access the wallet. For reference, this appears to be an example of that warning: https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/issues/11337 Transcript: "Signing this message can have dangerous side effects. Only sign messages from sites you fully trust with your entire account. This dangerous method will be removed in a future version." Presumably part of the issue is that a legitimate "NFT mint" transaction might also carry the same warning.

Unreal Engine is a pretty big and successful one. In the cryptocurrency space: Metamask[1], and the upcoming Uniswap V3[2]. Of course, given the choice, myself included, users prefer the more permissive license. The question is what strikes the right balance of incentives for developers and respect of users. [1]: https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/ [2]: https://uniswap.org/blog/uniswap-v3/

There's still issues preventing this re-licensing from being valid. https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/issues/9292

FYI, wrapping URLs in anything other than whitespace can break HN hyperlinking. The corrected link is https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/pull/9286 for anyone who got 404s at above.

There is some interesting discussion in an open PR reverting this “https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/pull/9286“. It sounds like they may have broken the copyright on code by outside contributors.

I am not a lawyer. There's generally nothing stopping a copyright holder from ceasing their distribution under an old license, and starting distribution with a new one. However, detaro linked https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/issues/9285 which brings up that this new license probably violates the license terms of it's GPLv3 dependencies. Additionally, if they've accepted any pull requests without requiring a contributor agreement assigning copyright to them, they might be trying to relicense code they don't have exclusive copyright over - which AFAIK would make removing the MIT license a violation of said MIT license in that context. (They don't need a license to grant themselves the right to do what they want with their own code, but doing what they want with other people's code is another story.) Additionally, it's not au

also: https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/issues/9285

The Tor Browser Bundle is just a tweaked version of Firefox, so Firefox extensions should work for it. https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/issues/4771 implies that it works, maybe with some bumps. I would expect that the Tor Browser Bundle works by configuring Firefox's proxy setting, which should apply to all traffic including extension traffic, but that's certainly worth double-checking.

There have been another similar project called MetaMask[1], a browser extension exposes a payment API for tipping content creators. MM had their brawls with Google too like taking down from app market, so what Brave guys are doing is understandable. It's interesting what devs from Brave think about previous attempts like MetaMask? Why didn't it take off, leave out difficulties with configuration for non-blessed users? Having BAT token based on ETH platform, how is it going to deal with ETH network congestion? If it's off-chain, who controls it? Is it possible to split profits from ads or tips in case a bunch of people are collaborating on the same piece of content? [1] https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension