I hate to say it but I have to agree with Disconnect. I re-read the agreement and it does say:
3.3 *All fees received* by Developers for Products *distributed* via the Market must be processed by the Market’s Payment Processor. To me that means any additional money that you make from any product (i.e. app) that you distribute from the Market must go though the Market's Payment Processor. Or another way to put it from Google side. We distributed your app so any money you make off it then we want our cut. I don't like it but that is how I read it. But want is pretty lame is that they are making developers abide to this but they have not set up the infrastructure to support it. Meaning the the market does not provide a way to distribute "virtual products" one might want a user to buy and upload within their app like a movie or music or in my case extra characters that my app uses. There are no "Market Libraries" that you can use within your app to use to process a payment though the Market. The Google guys have been silent to answer this because there is no way to support it. So *unless anyone that reads this knows of any another way*. The only way I can see to abide by goggles legal request is to bundle up every single character I want to sell and upload within my app as as a separate apk and put it on the market as a separate download. I don't want to do that but to stay legal then that is the road I am going to have to take. Thank you -Chris On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Jeremy Slade <jeremy.g.sl...@gmail.com>wrote: > My interpretation, not to be confused with legal advice: Add-on > products purchased via an app do not qualify as "products distributed > via the Market." However, something like a "pro" version of an app, > purchased via a "lite" version that was distributed via the Market, > would be subject to this part of the agreement. Similarly, ad revenue > earned from a Market app is not subject to this clause, because the > "product" (for which you are being paid) is ad impressions / clicks, > which are not distributed via the Market. > > I don't think I want to be first to prove that interpretation, > however... > > > On Mar 23, 8:53 am, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Interesting discussion. > > > > 3.3 - "All fees received by Developers for Products distributed via the > > Market must be processed by the Market’s Payment Processor." > > > > One could argue that "fees received by Developers for Products > distributed > > via the Market" only applies to apps sold through the market. If you then > > used your app to allow the user to buy stuff from your website, those > fees > > would not be for "products distributed via the Market", they would be for > > "products distributed via your website" and would not be subject to being > > processed by the Payment Processor. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered deviceshttp:// > sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
