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 jQuery.scrollable manages animated scrolling in windows, scrollable elements and iframes. It frees you from handling gotchas and edge cases and offers convenient, flexible options for animation.
 
-If you are a happy user of this project already, you can support its development by [donating to it][donations]. You absolutely don't have to, of course, but perhaps it is something you [might actually want to do][donations].
-
 ## Dependencies and setup
 
 jQuery.scrollable depends on [jQuery][] and [jQuery.documentSize][]. They must be ready for use when jquery.scrollable.js is loaded.
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 New test files in the `spec` directory are picked up automatically, no need to edit the configuration for that.
 
-## Facilitating development
-
-To my own surprise, [a kind soul][donations-idea] wanted to donate to one of my projects, but there hadn't been a link. [Now there is.][donations-paypal-link]
-
-Please don't feel obliged in the slightest. The license here is [MIT][license], and so it's free. That said, if you do want to support the maintenance and development of this component, or any of my [other open-source projects][hashchange-projects-overview], I _am_ thankful for your contribution.
-
-Naturally, these things don't pay for themselves – not even remotely. The components I write aim to be well tested, performant, and reliable. These qualities may not seem particularly fascinating, but I put a lot of emphasis on them because they make all the difference in production. They are also rather costly to maintain, time-wise.
-
-That's why donations are welcome, and be it as nod of appreciation to keep spirits up. [Thank you!][donations-paypal-link]
-
-[![Donate with Paypal][donations-paypal-button]][donations-paypal-link]
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 ## Release Notes
 
 ### v1.2.3
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 MIT.
 
-Copyright (c) 2015-2017 Michael Heim.
+Copyright (c) 2015-2025 Michael Heim.
 
 [dist-dev]: https://raw.github.com/hashchange/jquery.scrollable/master/dist/jquery.scrollable.js "jquery.scrollable.js"
 [dist-prod]: https://raw.github.com/hashchange/jquery.scrollable/master/dist/jquery.scrollable.min.js "jquery.scrollable.min.js"
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 [Jasmine]: http://jasmine.github.io/ "Jasmine: Behavior-Driven JavaScript"
 [JSHint]: http://www.jshint.com/ "JSHint, a JavaScript Code Quality Tool"
 
-[donations]: #facilitating-development "Facilitating development"
-[donations-idea]: https://github.com/hashchange/jquery.documentsize/issues/1 "jQuery.documentSize, issue #1: Thank you!"
-[donations-paypal-link]: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=RXZYTYWYSVJ2N "Donate with Paypal"
-[donations-paypal-button]: https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_SM.gif "Donate with Paypal"
 [license]: #license "License"
 [hashchange-projects-overview]: http://hashchange.github.io/ "Hacking the front end: Backbone, Marionette, jQuery and the DOM. An overview of open-source projects by @hashchange."