[ubuntu-uk] Publishing software - timelines and open or private

[Gareth France]

I know I've posted about this before but there does not appear to 
actually be anybody to talk to about this. I am currently trying to get 
software published in the software centre, my current attempt has so far 
been going on for three months!

My current submission was sent in a month ago and the status was changed 
to 'Review in progress' 2 weeks and 5 days ago. The people working on 
this seem to be unreachable and the process seems to be taking forever. 
There surely has to be a better way than this?

My current submission is under a proprietary license and I am wondering 
how others make money out of their programs. Is it done to release open 
source software but still charge for it? How often are donations or 
adverts within the program used?

I have my doubts about some of these methods but it seems to me that I 
should be creating some programs and releasing them free, but that 
anyone who puts in so much effort to making something would naturally 
want some kind of return from their work.

I'd love to hear how other people tackle this.