On Aug 28, 2011, at 4:17 PM, William Ehrich wrote: >>>> OS X Lion OS X Lion Server BBEdit TextSoap Better Rename 8 >>>> QuickAlarm GraphicConverter Numbers Keynote Pages Mousepose >>>> Kindle FaceTime Stuffit Expander Evernote Skitch >>> >>> How many of these did you get from the App Store instead of >>> directly? I would save Bare Bones or Thorsten Lemke the 30 >>> percent. >> >> All from the App store. I understand the 30% issue, but the App store >> has better licensing terms (i.e. - I can install on all my Macs.) > > I haven't used the App Store so I don't know. I thought that family pack > thing only applies to Lion. Does it apply to S/W from BB and Lemke et al from > whom you would otherwise have to buy for each machine? Don't you still have > to get separate user keys from them?
no. Any software you buy on the App Store can be installed on any machine you own from your iTunes account. This is part of the deal. And none of the software has user keys. It is all built-in to the store software that you embed in your app to get it on the store. I think you will see most of the folks give up distributing the software themselves. Being relieved of all the license stings and user keys, having to process your own payments, and have your own servers and download capability is not worth the 30%. I have an OS X app that I want to sell. If the App Store would allow me to put time limited licenses on so that people would have to in-app purchase a renewal every year, I would jump at the App Store for my OS X software despite the 30%. (It is specialty software that would need to sell for hundreds of dollars based on projected sales numbers to be worth it, or a yearly $35-$40 fee. The several hundred dollars sales price is a non-starter as no one will take the chance on it for that sort of money so I will be going the yearly license fee route, which unfortunately the Mac App Store does not support. But having to not worry about collecting payment myself, not having to run my downloads, and to not deal with my own licensing schemes/keys etc would be worth it for the 30% cut). I don't have any SW on my Mac from the Mac App Store (yet) but do have some software that is now available there where the developer/seller has stopped their own distribution. (Pixelmator comes to mind) Chad _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
