I would suggest putting your initial effort on Kickstarter. If your kickstarter is encouraging enough, try opening a store on eBay or Gumroad that will deal with all the international taxation issues for you. Gumroad is used to hosting vendors of downloadable things.
Ed On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 12:17 PM Siddharth Jain <siddh...@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks all for the inputs > > On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 8:21 AM Tommy Svensson <to...@natusoft.se> wrote: > > > OK, my assumption was wrong! Thanks for clarifying that. When you point > it > > out, it does make sense. > > > > /Tommy > > > > > > Tommy Svensson > > to...@natusoft.se Från: Hans Aikema <hans.aik...@aikebah.net.invalid>Svara: > Maven > > Users List <users@maven.apache.org>Datum: 5 december 2024 at > > 17:11:43Till: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org>Cc: Yeikel > Santana > > <em...@yeikel.com>, Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org>Ämne: Re: > > Can I sell my Java library on Maven Central? > > > > > On 5 Dec 2024, at 16:57, Tommy Svensson <to...@natusoft.se> wrote: > > > > > > Hmm … > > > > > > As far as I know, all jar packages uploaded to Maven Central need to > > have an open source license. > > No, as Yeikel already properly linked closed-source software is perfectly > > publishable on maven central. > > A prominent example of such uploads are the Oracle database drivers. > > They're not open source, but the full set of jars are available on Maven > > Central - > > https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/maven-central-guide.html > > > > With a sources jar that holds a dummy source that says > > > > " > > THIS IS A DUMMY SOURCE FILE > > > > Oracle Corporation does not open source the Oracle JDBC driver > > and any other companion jars. Therefore, the source code is not > > included in this distribution. > > " > > > > > > > > I guess there is no rule that you cannot try to sell open source > > software, dual licensed. But then you need to provide something extra for > > the commercial license or people will go with the free one. > > > > > > And as far as I know there is no general online store for selling > > commercial java code. You have to setup an online store and have a > private > > domain for that your self. And if you do not intend to only sell only in > > your own country then you need to deal with laws of every country you > sell > > in. It is not an easy thing to do from your private home office! > > > > > > That no one have setup a general online store (as far as I know) for > > different people to sell their software via, is probably because it is > > messy and risky thing to do. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Tommy Svensson > > > > > > > > > Tommy Svensson > > > to...@natusoft.se Från: Yeikel Santana <em...@yeikel.com>Svara: Maven > > Users List <users@maven.apache.org>Datum: 5 december 2024 at > > 02:54:21Till: users@maven.apache.org <users@maven.apache.org>Ämne: Re: > > Can I sell my Java library on Maven Central? Yes, you can upload it to > > Maven Central > > > > > > > > > See https://central.sonatype.org/faq/closed-source/ > > > > > > > > > I am not aware of any marketplace > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- On Wed, 04 Dec 2024 20:41:26 -0500 siddh...@gmail.com wrote ---- > > > > > > > > > Say I develop a Java library and want to sell it. Is there any > > marketplace > > > for that? >
