Steve, you offer a free version in order to sell your paid version. If the free version has faults, then no-one in their right mind will trust the paid version.
This plugin has received criticism on the CakePHP group and there is controversy surrounding another developer's plugin that is similar: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/cake-php/t4CZERwz_JQ/discussion One developer said: "The design of your site does not invite testing anything - or giving you money. I think getting money out of developers who use an OSS project is a pretty shaky business plan. Developers make sites, which clients pay for. For good services, clients are willing to pay for them. For a plugin, you're asking the developer to pay." In this case your clients are likely to be novice developers, who will not be aware of the shortcomings of the code until it breaks (or their site is hacked). They may also learn poor coding practices like the one pointed out in this thread. CakePHP developers would be better off writing their own code and using free resources like http://plugins.cakephp.org/ -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
