Ben,
Perhaps you know more about this, but I assume the Mac App Store will
only distribute software under a restrictive, non-free licence. Here are
a few lines from the licence (assuming this is the one you agree to when
installing it) to consider before distributing software in the app store.
http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html
A quick glance at the terms include requirements like this:
USAGE RULES
(i) You shall be authorized to use Products only for personal,
noncommercial use.
(ii) You shall be authorized to use Products on five Apple-authorized
devices at any time, except for Content Rentals (see below).
And lower down, emphasis mine:
Apple, at its sole discretion, without notice to you may: (i) terminate
this Agreement and/or your Account, and you will remain liable for all
amounts due under your Account up to and including the date of
termination; and/or (ii)*terminate the license to the software*; and/or
(iii) preclude access to the Service (or any part thereof).
Greg
On 01/13/2011 02:34 PM, Ben Anderman wrote:
Hello all,
As you may have heard, Apple just released the new "Mac App Store", which is
basically like the iPhone App Store, except for Mac. I would like to put Wesnoth on it,
and I think as the Mac packager, I'm the ideal candidate to do so. Previously, Apple's
software listing was a big source of publicity for Wesnoth on Mac, but the App Store is
replacing the software listing, so not being on it will mean a loss in publicity.
I haven't put anything on the Mac App Store yet, but from what I've read it's
not very difficult, and I've signed up for an account already. I was thinking
it could be priced similarly to Wesnoth on iOS ($1-5), and I'm hoping to keep
something like 10% of the profit myself. The reason to charge for it, is that
it will basically be an easy way for people to donate, and they'll be paying
for convenience - we WILL still have the Mac binary on the website for free.
The reason for me keeping a percentage, is that it is a bit of work to manage
something like this, and it costs $100/year as well.
Any objections?
Ben / crimson_penguin
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