brainstorming for UDS-N - Application Developers

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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Martin Owens wrote on 02/10/10 21:32:
>...
> It's just as important to have it known that applications are not
> always going to be perfect for everyone, but with a little bit of
> investment of time or money things will improve. The invitation
> doesn't even exist in the USC in either invitations to program or
> invitations to fund.

For invitations to program, we could do a lot better than the current
launchpad-integration. The only type of contributions suggested are to
"Translate This Application" (which isn't clear, and probably never
could be) and "Report a Problem". A single menu item, that went to a
more informative and context-specific contribution page, could do much
better.

For donations, the blocker is not Ubuntu Software Center. We need a
generic donation framework that can be used outside USC as well. For
example, if you already have an Ubuntu SSO account, Gnome Do's "Donate"
menu item shouldn't dump you at a page that requires you to have a
separate Paypal account.

> If we don't take economics seriously we risk ending up with a user
> base which is self indulgent, unjustly indignant and completely
> removed from the people who are _paying_ for their computer software.
> 
> The last thing I want out of the USC is a view that commercial ==
> proprietary and charity/happenstance == open source. This is also
> reflected in how we position the application platform.
>...

Developers can publish commercial open-source software in USC 3.0 just
as easily as they can publish commercial proprietary software. And
non-commercial proprietary software is available in Canonical Partners.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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