All Oxwall has to do is just come up with some kind of a variation in the key to tell the difference between the two maybe a pre key label like LF-d43843kjfljfeessff (LF would be License Free)
Another thing that needs to be added to the TOS is that developers will support their products but are not obligated to support products that have been modified.
I agree that plugins that require other plugins should be limited in price. All plugins that require a payment gateway should be required to have a default gateway installed in the package. There should be no reason to have to purchase a plugin and then a gateway to go with it.
I agree on price caps as well.
I think one plugin a week max submission might handle that somewhat. Also with some of the new rules that will be enforced i dont think certain developers will hang around long David. When certain devs are asked to improve their work or get denied, i suspect they will pack up and leave. Which to be honest is probably for the best in some cases.
Thats what we need, lets keep this going folks, i have invited other developers, if you know some of the develpers personally from the store please invite them to join in. Decisions will be made and they need to voice their opinions now.
By the way folks, i was playing the devil today if you did not know, someone had to so i figured why not me.. <(:)-+<
ps.. Chris i did forget to mention that there are other softwares that have the same or very similar setup as Oxwall regarding the core and plugins. So you said that plugins cannot be used elsewhere oursite of Oxwall, but yes they can with a tiny bit of modding they will fit right into the other softwares.. This is another reason this is sooo important to discuss.
But we all also have to compromise a bit folks, this is not going to be resolved overnight, and regardless of what we all come up with and they implement it is not going to make everyone happy. I dont think we are ever going to get to a point where there is no risk at all on either side, there has to be risk.
How about the price of the license free version cannot be any more than 60% higher of the original one. Remember that license free means that the dev does not get any more revenue for that once its sold, thats it, so they have to account for the loss in sales they wont get when selling the license free version.
And also im not sure if its appropriate to force them to offer one. What if someone developes a great plugin that noone else can figure out how to do, should they give away such a plugin for baseprice + 60% knowing they wont get any more revenue.
Im not against the idea i think its a great idea, we just need to consider the options here. Its one thing to come up with ideas, its another thing to have people use the ideas we put into place. So we need the idea to be palatable as well.