Arve Bersvendsen

Waiting for Cousteau

… or Waiting for UserJS.org

Well, UserJS.org is actually mostly ready for release, and will be revealed to the general public real soon now (there are still a few rough edges that need to be sorted out). If you want to be notified when UserJS.org goes live, you can subscribe to the site news already (Newsfeed in Atom Format), and receive news when the site officially opens.

One of the things UserJS.org will always need, is user-submitted scripts, and you can start submitting these scripts already.

How to submit your scripts

Submitting a script for inclusion on UserJS.org is easy: While still in the beta stage, all you have to do is send your script to submit@userjs.org with the following information:

1. An author or company name.
2. A valid contact e-mail address.
   • UserJS.org will keep your e-mail address private. If you want your address published, you will need to state so explicitly. UserJS.org values spam-free inboxes.
3. (optionally) an URL you want associated with you/the script.
4. A description of the script:
   • The title of the script.
   • What does the script do?
   • If the script is site-specific, which sites is it active on?
   • Does it interact with third-party services. If so:
     • When does it interact with third-party services?
     • Why does it interact with these services?
     • Link(s) to the relevant privacy policies of the sites being contacted.
   • (Basic) user documentation.
5. A license statement. Choosing a well-established license scheme is encouraged. Script authors are also free to put their scripts into the public domain, if they so wish.
6. A statement that you have a right to submit the script for inclusion on UserJS.org. If you are porting or adapting existing scripts by other authors, a reference to the original script, its author, and its license is needed.
7. A statement where you grant UserJS.org the right to:
   • republish the script on UserJS.org
   • alter the script prior to publication.
8. An attachment containing the script.
9. If your script works with Greasemonkey without modification, we’d be glad to know that too.

These instructions might seem a bit verbose, but they are necessary, and scripts missing any of this information will not be accepted for inclusion. On the UserJS.org roadmap is a web application, that will ensure that all of this information is

Copyright

Unless a script author explicitly places his/her script in the public domain, the copyright and ownership of the script itself will remain with the script author.

UserJS.org rights

When a User JavaScript is submitted for inclusion, UserJS.org reserves the right to:

1. Refuse to publish the script. This will mostly happen if the script:
   • is of poor quality
   • code is obfuscated
   • is considered spyware, malware or fraudulent
   • is misleading about what it does
   • is in violation of copyright law
2. Alter the script prior to publication. This mostly happens if the script:
   • has easily correctable bugs
   • has code of poor quality
   • needs to be formatted for readability
   • can be improved
3. Require the script creator to alter the script prior to publication. This will mostly happen for the exact same reasons as in the two previous points.