It is a fine line, yes. That's the first definition I've seen that refers to rules actually! http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethical and http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ethical only refer to "standard of conduct" or "acceptable conduct"
It's all academic though - You are right in that it's wrong to do it. :) On Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:13:09 UTC+10, MagouyaWare wrote: > > To beat a dead horse... :-) > > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ethical?s=t > *Ethical: *being in accordance with the rules or standards for right > conduct or practice > > Thanks, > Justin Anderson > MagouyaWare Developer > http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Damovisa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I disagree. There is a difference between ethics and legality - what is >> morally right is not always the same as what is legally right... >> >> Having said that, I concede the point. You're completely right - if I'm >> agreeing to the conditions for distribution on the Google Play market then >> it's undeniably wrong to try to bypass those conditions, whether it's based >> on morality or legality or whatever. >> >> Upon further reading, my understanding of the terms >> <http://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html>are that if you >> make any money through your app (with the exception of out-of-band goods or >> services), and you distribute that app through Google Play, you must use an >> "approved Payment Processor" to collect those moneys. I've struggled to >> find a good definition of an "approved Payment Processor" apart from any >> party "authorized by >> Google<http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html>". >> I suppose you can make the assumption that Google Wallet is the only >> payment processor that has been "authorized by Google" so I guess it's >> clear enough. >> >> You may be able to argue the language - e.g. if you offer Wallet as well >> as an alternative, you are "offer[ing] an authorized Payment Processor >> as the payment option" per the conditions, but it's probably not worth the >> trouble. >> >> Thanks for your comments. >> >> >> On Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:25:26 UTC+10, MagouyaWare wrote: >>> >>> I don't know if Amazon has an API for in-app purchases, as I've never >>> done in-app purchasing. However, the point was that when I distribute to >>> different markets I create different builds of the same app for that >>> purpose. I would assume there is something that Amazon would let you do to >>> achieve the same thing, but I don't know for sure. I believe PayPal has an >>> API I believe for in-app purchases... Amazon might let you use that. >>> >>> As for ethics, when you agree to distribute apps on the Android Market, >>> or rather the Google Play thingie, you agree to certain terms of use. >>> Breaches of that would be, by definition, unethical. Whether you actually >>> get in trouble for it by Google is a separate and completely irrelevant >>> issue. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Justin Anderson >>> MagouyaWare Developer >>> http://sites.google.com/site/**magouyaware<http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Damovisa <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Oh, maybe there's not... I thought I saw someone mentioning it... >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:19:29 UTC+10, Nathan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 12, 7:33 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > For my own purposes, I create one APK for Google Play and a separate >>>>> one >>>>> > for the Amazon App Store. >>>>> >>>>> Is there an API for Amazon? I wasn't aware of it. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:19:29 UTC+10, Nathan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 12, 7:33 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > For my own purposes, I create one APK for Google Play and a separate >>>>> one >>>>> > for the Amazon App Store. >>>>> >>>>> Is there an API for Amazon? I wasn't aware of it. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:19:29 UTC+10, Nathan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 12, 7:33 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > For my own purposes, I create one APK for Google Play and a separate >>>>> one >>>>> > for the Amazon App Store. >>>>> >>>>> Is there an API for Amazon? I wasn't aware of it. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:19:29 UTC+10, Nathan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 12, 7:33 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > For my own purposes, I create one APK for Google Play and a separate >>>>> one >>>>> > for the Amazon App Store. >>>>> >>>>> Is there an API for Amazon? I wasn't aware of it. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13:19:29 UTC+10, Nathan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 12, 7:33 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > For my own purposes, I create one APK for Google Play and a separate >>>>> one >>>>> > for the Amazon App Store. >>>>> >>>>> Is there an API for Amazon? 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