On 28/05/12 17:25, Anant Narayanan wrote: >> Here is my proposal: we extend the manifest (if it doesn't do this >> already) to clearly distinguish between free and paid apps. We then >> update the spec to say that install_allowed_from is only honoured for >> paid apps, as part of the mechanism to make sure the right person gets >> paid. > > We cannot do this unless we change the whole architecture of how apps > are installed.
Doing: 1) Having an extra mandatory parameter in a manifest with the value "paid" or "free"; and 2) not honouring "install_allowed_from" for apps marked "free" would require changing the entire installation architecture? I can't see how... > Try and install an app from the Mozilla Marketplace, I can't; you don't support Linux. You won't even let me try the app out in the browser, because you have some JS which prevents me. :-( > you'll see that there is no interaction between the user and the app > developer until after they've installed and run the app. The developer > is trusting the Marketplace to correctly represent their app, which is > why they chose to list there. I can't see the connection between this point and my suggestion. Perhaps I didn't explain my proposal well enough; see above for another attempt. Gerv _______________________________________________ dev-webapps mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-webapps
