> > The risk is *vastly* overhyped. > Maybe so... still, I'm not taking that risk.
If anyone can come up with the name of anyone whose been successfully > prosecuted over it then I'm all ears. > There have been a number of developers who have posted on both this forum and the android developers forum that they have received letters from Lodsys... Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > The risk is *vastly* overhyped. If anyone can come up with the name of > anyone whose been successfully prosecuted over it then I'm all ears. > > Al. > -- > Al Sutton - Funky Android Ltd. > (www.funkyandroid.com) > > T: @alsutton > G+: http://goo.gl/ymi9b > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > On 17 Apr 2012, at 14:50, Justin Anderson wrote: > > An In-app purchase would be a more efficient way. That allows you to have >> one APK. >> > Yes it would... but it also comes with the huge risk of patent lawsuits... > As a lone developer, I'm not willing to take that risk, especially since > Google isn't really doing much to protect their developers. Just google > "lodys android" and you will find all sorts of articles about it... > > Thanks, > Justin Anderson > MagouyaWare Developer > http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> An In-app purchase would be a more efficient way. That allows you to have >> one APK. >> >> Details at >> http://developer.android.com/guide/market/billing/billing_overview.html >> >> Al. >> -- >> Al Sutton - Funky Android Ltd. >> (www.funkyandroid.com) >> >> T: @alsutton >> G+: http://goo.gl/ymi9b >> >> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's >> subsidiaries. >> >> On 16 Apr 2012, at 23:22, Justin Anderson wrote: >> >> Does Google Play support this kind of model? If so, how? >>> >> There are several ways to do this. Google Play supports an in-app >> purchasing model that might be beneficial to you. There are some issues >> with that though, in regards to patent trolls (Lodsys). >> >> If you don't want to do in-app purchasing, you essentially have two >> options: >> >> 1. Provide two completely separate APK's with different packages... >> one would be the free limited version and the other would be the paid >> version. >> 2. You could provide a free app (that includes all the code for the >> paid version) and an unlocker app that unlocks paid functionality in the >> free app. >> >> >> There is another discussion on this list that discusses all of these >> options and their pros/cons... >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!search/Demo$2FFull/android-developers/hjnzHJvLCwc/frTYjEihmfoJ >> >> Thanks, >> Justin Anderson >> MagouyaWare Developer >> http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:13 PM, [email protected] < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I will soon be uploading my first app to Google Play. I was thinking >>> that I would offer a lite version of the app with limited capabilities >>> that people could try for free. If they like it, they could buy the >>> full version of the app. Does Google Play support this kind of >>> model? 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