Hi All
The economics of this is very interesting.
As a community, we want to give something to our fellow members that they
need. It allows for our creativity in scratching an itch, and sharing that
solution. However, we can break the mold and work out a novel way to
deliver. The open-source
Hi Nyall,
First, thank you for all that you have done over the years. You have helped
me a number of times in answering questions. Open source software is an
interesting beast. There is so much donated time without compensation yet
people need to feed themselves. My first QGIS plugin was in 2016
Hi Greg,
This is a highly subjective conversation, and I am sure we can all agree on
that.
But in answer to you question about separating plugin developers from:
Core Code Developers: I guess Plugin Developers see an opportunity that is
outside core GIS Functionality - eg LandXML from Victoria
Nyall Dawson via QGIS-Developer writes:
> I wanted to kick start a (hopefully!) civil, THEORETICAL discussion about
> the role of a paid plugin marketplace for QGIS plugins.
>
> - Yes, I'm aware that plugins must be GPL, and that this makes paid plugins
> a little trickier in that they're
Hi Nyall,
Thank you for resuming this topic, I remember when I made a similar
proposal some 10 years back and I felt like it was blasphemy in the
church.
Perhaps now times are more mature and I am very much in favour of
opening the official plugin space to various forms of paid plugins.
In a
Hi Nyall, everyone
I think two things. First, knock yourselves out - everyone deserves reward
for their work, and I know better than many about the hard work -> void
ratio,
Second, think deeply about what the ask is. Asking to be paid to make a
plugin is effectively 'I was given a vast
Hi Nyall,
It would seem tricky that qgis.org both offers/promotes a gratis & FOSS
"market place" (the current official plugin repository), and a paid one.
That could be conceived, but if qgis.org would promote in some way the
paid market place, this would create some expectation on the
Hi everyone,
I sit back and love things like QGIS, Postgres/PostGIS and VirtualBox. All
developed by major software shops where many people get an income in some
way.
I sit back and have released a Plugin to load Vector Themes to Databases,
and have asked for donations. I have been told that
Hi lists!
I wanted to kick start a (hopefully!) civil, THEORETICAL discussion about
the role of a paid plugin marketplace for QGIS plugins.
This has been on my mind for a while, and recently was bumped by this email
to the list:
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