> On 9 Jan 2017, at 15:14, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi devs, > >> On 26 Jul 2016, at 13:49, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi devs, >> >> I’d like to propose some changes to the governance related to paying >> extensions and extensions.xwiki.org and the Extension Manager. >> >> * Make extensions.xwiki.org an extension repo for free and open source >> extensions only. This is the case till now but during the last governance >> change VOTE we had said we could allow non-free versions. After more >> thinking I believe it’s better that companies who want to have paying apps >> provide them through their own extension repository. One issue is that these >> companies will need to have users register and log in and we cannot do that >> on xwiki.org. >> >> * Allow top sponsoring companies to have their extension repository defined >> in the default XWiki configuration (in xwiki.properties). I’m proposing that >> sponsoring companies require 3 active committers to be able to have their >> stores listed by default in the XWiki config. The same would be done on >> nexus.xwiki.org which would proxy any maven repo from a top sponsoring >> company. Note that any company (even one not participating to the >> development of the XWiki project can provide an extension repository with >> some instructions for users to add their repo to their config - This point >> here is only about having some repos by default). >> >> * Allow the top sponsoring company (TSC) an advertising space on the home >> page of extensions.xwiki.org to advertise extensions it wishes to promote. > > On this last point, and FYI, there’s now a first paying app advertised on > ext, see at http://extensions.xwiki.org/
s/ext/exo (apple autocorrection ;)). Thanks -Vincent > > Thanks > -Vincent > >> Please cast your votes. >> >> Here’s my +1 >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent
