I’m not sure if I would want this marketplace being hosted by QGIS
itself and being access through the current Plugin Manager. I prefer
the idea of QGIS being clearly free… but at the same time maybe it’s
not that bad if there is a mix of free and paid plugin at the same
place, as long as it’s very easy filter. The obvious benefit of a
marketplace hosted by QGIS is that a small commission could collected
as Tim suggested. With a separate entity managing paid plugins, there
is no way for QGIS.org to systematically receive a small donation as
Sebastian explained with the way it works with Blender.
A viable external market place would at some point need to use the QGIS
trademark (in their domain name, etc), so they would have to talk with
QGIS.org first to see at which condition QGIS.org accepts they use its
trademark. That condition could be to subscribe to a annual sustainable
membership + a commission per plugin
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http://www.spatialys.com
My software is free, but my time generally not.
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