Made a plugin based on another, what to do?Solved

Hey all!
So.. I found https://umod.org/plugins/absolut-market which apparently is abandoned.
I completely rewrote it, and fixed all the bugs that i could find.
I made a full design overhaul, and made it into an "auction house" plugin instead. It's based on the the code of the above though. Although most of the code has been rewritten.

Now it's a new mod, but it's based on absolut-market. What do I do, if it want this to get out to the people?
The above mod doesn't have any owner anymore either.
Here are some screenshots of the new interface. (It still requires you to have a storage box to hold items, so people don't use it to 'save items'.)
ShowAuctions.png
PostAuctions.png

If it is based on the other plugin as in it contains code from the other, then it couldn't be submitted as a new plugin. If you are interseted in maintaining the other plugin, we would generally request that you had written and submitted some of your own works before claiming another.
5c2d88ae4ea06.jpg Wulf
If it is based on the other plugin as in it contains code from the other, then it couldn't be submitted as a new plugin. If you are interseted in maintaining the other plugin, we would generally request that you had written and submitted some of your own works before claiming another.

I could rewrite it completely from scratch, making it my own.
Now that i know what i want it to do etc. It just honestly is a lot of work. :P
I have no issues writing code (obviously) however, I have no idea what else to make. I may rewrite it later, however it's on my own server right now, and that's basically what I wrote it for. If anyone else needs it, let me know. (If that is even allowed lol)

If it is entirely your own work, then feel free to submit it and we'll do a comparison with the original.

For other ideas, there are numerous Plugin Requests that could be made.
Dude this looks great! Keep it up man, hard work is hard to find.
+1.
Hope you're able to get it live, somehow.

To all of you who have been pming me for a copy.
I just got home after 3 days of doing stuff out. So i'm too tired to get back to you today.

I will pm you all tomorrow. :)

YoShIWoZ

To all of you who have been pming me for a copy.
I just got home after 3 days of doing stuff out. So i'm too tired to get back to you today.

I will pm you all tomorrow. :)

Please keep in mind that if you intend to use the forums for supporting the plugin and distributing it, it'll need to be submitted and be reviewed. Thanks.

5c2d88ae4ea06.jpg Wulf

Please keep in mind that if you intend to use the forums for supporting the plugin and distributing it, it'll need to be submitted and be reviewed. Thanks.

Why not help the guy bring some kind of market plugin back? If absolute market is dead, then I feel like someone should be pushing to get this guy ownership. Clearly he is investing his own time and work into it.

5c2d88ae4ea06.jpg Wulf

In a very vague, corporate like manor. I mean you have the power to make this happen, you should be jumping on this. Maybe this is why the community is dying. Dev's really aren't getting the support they need. I've gathered this place is run like a business with no actualy business. The promise of a market place to establish it but when will that happen? I'm so tired of seeing hard working dev's get shoved off. I know several people who themselves have tried to publish plugins just for them to get revoked over and over again. What Gives?

BranYorath

In a very vague, corporate like manor. I mean you have the power to make this happen, you should be jumping on this. Maybe this is why the community is dying. Dev's really aren't getting the support they need. I've gathered this place is run like a business with no actualy business. The promise of a market place to establish it but when will that happen? I'm so tired of seeing hard working dev's get shoved off. I know several people who themselves have tried to publish plugins just for them to get revoked over and over again. What Gives?

I'm sorry you feel that way, but an unknown user/developer jumping in and taking over an existing plugin or submitting someone else's work as their own is generally not an acceptable stance, so we try to see that they are established before taking on any abandoned works. We have plenty on our plate, we don't need more work handling a potential cleanup of an unknown developer being potentially malicious or otherwise causing issues.

The user was given options:
  1. Submit at least one other plugin for review before trying their hand at maintaining another
  2. Submit this plugin, written entirely in their own code (not copying someone else's) for review
I don't feel like either one of those options are unreasonable, and easily doable should they wish to pursue it.
Let me guess even a single line of code, from absolute market and it gets denied? That's insane..
BranYorath
Let me guess even a single line of code, from absolute market and it gets denied? That's insane..

No, there will obviously be lines that cannot be unique. Let's use some common sense there... and take a step back please.

I dig the concept. If you need help rewriting this as your own feel free to DM me!
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