My interpretation is that it is allowed in the market. On Feb 11, 2009, at 6:41 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:
Section 3.3 of the Market Developer Distribution Agreement (http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html); 3.3 You may also choose to distribute Products for free. If the Product is free, you will not be charged a Transaction Fee. *You may not collect future charges from users for copies of the Products that those users were initially allowed to download for free*. This is not intended to prevent distribution of free trial versions of the Product with an “upsell” option to obtain the full version of the Product: Such free trials for Products are encouraged. However, if you want to collect fees after the free trial expires, you must collect all fees for the full version of the Product through the Payment Processor on the Market. In this Agreement, “free” means there are no charges or fees of any kind for use of the Product. All fees received by Developers for Products distributed via the Market must be processed by the Market’s Payment Processor. So, for Market, it's a no-go. We allow time expiring versions on AndAppStore, I'm pretty sure SlideME does the same (although check with Shane), and I'm not sure about the others. So legal; Yes, allowed by Market; No, allowed through other distribution channels; Yes in most cases. Al. Incognito wrote: Again, don't agree. I think the opposite is true, that is, it is a good idea. I believe most users will try to use the lite version. However, if it is of limited time then if they like your app they will buy it, else they won't care. The only ones that will complain are those that will not buy your app because they like everything free and frankly you don't need them. As an anecdote I always use the lite version unless truely forced to buy the full version. On Feb 11, 2009, at 12:38 AM, Muthu Ramadoss <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: The preferred way is to provide a "LITE" version. If the users are happy with the lite version, they would be eager on your premium one. But putting a time bomb in the app is a bad bad idea. take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91-9840348914 http://androidrocks.in - Android Consulting. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:29 AM, LB Coder <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Don't know on that, but you would DEFINITELY alienate users. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Mattaku Betsujin <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I am earger to put my app onto the market, even for free (until paid apps are allowed). Is it allowed to put a time bomb in the app and make it useless after a trial period? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
