Donate-apps have been around for awhile and I have not heard anybody got hassled because of it. After all, you do not charge.
On Aug 17, 11:11 pm, Nivek <[email protected]> wrote: > And what about adding a Paypal Donate button in the app ? > > I have implemented this in a soon to be published app as I don't want > to charge people for it but would welcome any generous donation if > users are happy with it. > > Would this violate 1.2 clause ? > > On 18 août, 07:33, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My understanding is the idea may be against clause 1.2 and/or 3.3 of the > > Googles Market Developer Agreement > > (http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html) , > > although it's OK on other app stores ;). > > > 1.2 says; "If you want to charge a fee for your Products, you must also > > acquire and maintain a valid Payment Account from an authorized Payment > > Processor." > > > 3.3 says; "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." > > > It largely depends on the payment processor and whether they are considered > > authorised (currently, as far as I'm aware, PayPal isn't authorised... > > funny that :)). > > > Al. > > > -- > > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > > ====== > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > > subsidiaries. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of droidin.net > > Sent: 18 August 2009 06:09 > > To: Android Discuss > > Subject: [android-discuss] Why pay Google? > > > If I place free app on the market which includes paid features for > > which I use alternative means of billing my users (say direct PayPal > > payment) will that violate anything in the Market agreement and will > > my app be banished from the Market? Say (for the sake of argument) the > > app even before the license is purchased is useful "as is" and fully > > functional. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
