----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erik Moeller" <[email protected]>

> > They are?
> >
> > Perhaps I've missed something big...
> >
> > (Oh: you said "user-friendly")
> 
> Yeah. In-app billing is a feature of the Android Market platform and
> described here:
> http://developer.android.com/guide/market/billing/billing_overview.html

Ahhhh.  While I'm a fairly avid user, I'm not an android developer, and I 
hadn't run across that.  Interesting.

> Checkouts are managed by Google, so no need in this case to implement
> a whole payments backend. Of course that's what the 30% fee is charged
> for. The terms state that it's limited to "digital goods" which is the
> kind of clause that you could drive a truck through. Looks like some
> folks are using it for donations and "selling" thank you messages.

Heh.

> If we do this, we'd want to have a direct line w/ Google to clarify
> that it's OK, and ideally persuade them to waive the fee out of their
> love for Wikipedia. :-)

That should be yourself, or someone like you, talking directly to Larry or 
Sergey; that's how that sort of thing comes about.

Cheers,
-- jra
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