Difference between revisions of "Free and Commercial extensions"
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Revision as of 15:24, 1 September 2012
When submitting an extension to JED a question will appear: Free or Commercial?
Type: Commercial or non-commercial?[edit]
According your distribution plan you need to select a type tag: commercial/non-commercial
| Model | Type |
|---|---|
| Download for free | non-commercial |
| Download for free with registration | non-commercial |
| Require payment to download | Commercial |
| Require payment/subscription/donation to support (configure, install). Extension works without support | non-commercial |
| Require payment/subscription/donation to remove visible links (users are able to remove the links themselves) | non-commercial |
| Require payment/subscription/donation to remove hidden links (users are able to remove the links themselves) | non-commercial (will get Editors note) |
| Trial version | Commercial |
| Light version for a Full version | Only listed if its non-commercial.
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| Require payment/subscription/donation to privileged updates. Security fixes will be public available | non-commercial |
Distributions models not accepted[edit]
| Model | Type |
|---|---|
| Require payment/subscription/donation to remove links (users are not able to remove the links themselves) | not allowed (GPL restrictions) |
| Double model: Free for non-profit sites and commercial for profit sites | not allowed (GPL restrictions) |
From non-commercial to Commercial[edit]
Users tend to vote and review non-commercial extensions more favorably.
To ensure fairness and accuracy in votes and reviews, all votes and reviews made before the change will be removed