A new License Manager plugin and applet is now available for
installation.
The plugin/applet will be required for the people using my other
applets or plugins, the purpose is that the full functionality in the
applets/plugins will slowly start to only be available for paying
customers.
I've thought a lot about this and refused to do it for a long time but
I've now started to realize that maintaining the plugins/applets and
supporting users that use them takes up too much time to justify the
effort. Instead of stop the maintenance/support I've decided to try to
get some economical compensation from the work.
THE PRINCIPLE WILL WORK AS FOLLOWS:
- The plugin/applet will generate a unique identity based on your
mysqueezebox.com identity.
- Installation of applets/plugins will work as before, you do that
through SBS Settings/Plugin.
- After installation, the commercial plugins will show up but they will
have limited or no functionality available. To open up the functionality
you will need to get a license, this is done through the "License
Manager" plugin settings page in SBS Settings or for users without a
local SBS go directly with a web browser to license.isaksson.info and
register.
- All payments will be handled completely through PayPal
- It will be possible to get a free 30 day evaluation license without
paying anything.
- Licensing will be available as a cheap time restricted license or as
a more expensive license without any time restriction.
- The plugins/applets will continue to be open source, so you will get
the source and are free to change it and re-distribute exactly as
before.
REGARDING PRICING:
I've decided to start slowly until I know that everything works
properly, so now at the start the exact pricing will be up to you. You
pay what you think a one year license is worth. Depending on the
outcome this might change later and I might specify an exact price, at
least for some of the plugins/applets.
If you want an unlimited non time restricted license, there are some
indications about what kind of amounts I currently expect when
registering your payment.
It's important to understand that the number of users using my
plugins/applets today when they are free are limited, we are not
talking about many thousands users, so the pricing will never be
anywhere close the $1 prices you see on the iOS/Android app markets.
Since each payment will result in some work for me, I'd like to
discourage payments below $5.
CURRENTLY LICENSED PLUGINS/APPLETS:
I've decided to start slow until I know the principle works, so at the
moment there is only one licensed plugin and that's the just released
beta version of *SQL Playlist*.
I'll add more during the next weeks/months when I've seen the outcome
of SQL Playlist. The reason I started with SQL Playlist is because it
has relatively few users, the more common plugins will be switched to
commercial mode a bit later.
TO ANY PREVIOUS DONATORS:
I really appreciate your donations, so please send me an e-mail with:
- the 40 character account identity on top of License Manager settings
page together
- the PayPal identity you used when previously donating
- The plugins/applets you like a license to
Based on this information I'll give you a free license period based on
your previous donation.
TO ANYONE THAT HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME HELPING ME PREVIOUSLY WITH BETA
TESTING AND FEEDBACK:
The same applies to you as previous donators, just send me the above
mentioned information and I'll give you a free license period, please
mention your Slim Devices forum account name so I know who you are and
can verify what kind of beta testing/feedback you have previously
provided.
TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO HELP OR BE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE
Please install License Manager plugin and/or applet and verify that it
successfully shows a 40 character account identity, if this doesn't
work for some users I'd like to know so I can fix it before switching
more plugins/applets to the commercial mode.
--
erland
Erland Isaksson ('My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info))
(Developer of 'many plugins/applets'
(http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/User:Erland). If my answer
helped you and you like to encourage future presence on this forum
and/or third party plugin/applet development, 'donations are always
appreciated' (http://erland.isaksson.info/donate))
Interested in music discovery ? See 'Social Music Discovery (SMD)'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=656713) project.
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