lbcoder - I like that idea :) Basically - distribute your paid license as a plugin and advertise it as such. I say - sell one through Market too. Whole lot of people enjoy buying stuff with PayPal button
On Aug 19, 6:53 am, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > You can charge customers for additional data/features that happen to > be compatible with the free program on the market IF.... you do not > charge through the program you give away on the market and you do not > distribute the data through the market. > > i.e., you can give away a text file reader for free on the market and > sell books or whatever on your website that can be read on the free > text file reader. > > You can also sell extensions to existing free programs, again, outside > of the market and not through the program distributed on the market, > assuming that, for example, the program can accept plug-in components. > > A sneaky way to get there is to link to your product web page from the > program, and the website has somewhere in it a link to buy additional > plug-ins. > > This does not and can not violate market contracts since the market > does not dictate the license under which you distribute your program, > it only dictates how you distribute what you distribute ON THE market. > > As an example, I will site stupid "skins" for home replacements. You > have the home replacement program, and various people can sell their > skins for it, both on and off the market. The ones sold OFF the market > do not provide any revenue to google. This does not result in the home > replacement program being removed from the market. > > On Aug 18, 1:08 am, "droidin.net" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If I place free app on the market which includes paid features for > > which I use alternative means of billing my users (say direct PayPal > > payment) will that violate anything in the Market agreement and will > > my app be banished from the Market? Say (for the sake of argument) the > > app even before the license is purchased is useful "as is" and fully > > functional. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
