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Not to steal the thunder of an 'expert review' situation, but Paul and Amy just put together a team for the Community Magazine that would take extensions and review them for each issue... a sort of comparison between the top 4 extensions in a given…
Or all the extensions in a category reviewed together (a nightmare for some categories...)
@Daniel
Yes I think we're thinking along similar lines.
I completely agree the rules should be simple; how else can we expect a) developers to abide by them and still feel encouraged, and b) the community to help with making developers to stick tot…
One of the options on the Poll is;
Since this made it into the Poll it must have been discussed at length by the JED Editors. Can you provide some insight into what proposals were put forward for the Composition of an 'Expert Panel" ?
I would also…
I will be the first to agree that central DRM style enforcing is not the way to go and would never suggest that, as it goes against what the GPL is about.
I think we both feel mostly the same way, just leaning slightly in one way or the other.
My…
Daniel,
It is very important that people play by the rules and are made to play by the rules. The question is how. I think your concerns are completely justified, and you may well be right. But, you could also be wrong because of what you quoted fr…
Ewout,
What you are saying sounds great in theory, but complete freedom and lack of policing doesn't always bring heaven. Just look at Facebook apps and the scamville that goes on there. Too little/no policing = ethical developers get pushed out by…
Amy +1
There is no point in having another GPL-JED discussion but some aspects of this and of trademarking are relevant. They are relevant in terms of ensuring that the focus is on encouraging and facilitating community collaboration also through d…
Mustaq reminded me of something on Twitter so, what I would like to see is:
A dev having to say why they update an extension - a simple choice of answers rather than in the extension description - security, new feature etc. Just a tick box that dev…
@Amy - I clearly understand your point, but do you agree that promoting something that does not work as expected (but the other version does) is a bad practice?
Agree with Amy. Avoid the "star chamber" approach and minimize the back channels. These closed, authoritarian structures have always had a bad odor and breed distrust to all onlookers, to say nothing of the impact on those who have been victimized.
Voted. Thanks, Vic.
I hope you all took the time to vote.
To be clear, calling for GPL-compatible is not the same as saying proprietary. (Not that I think you are saying that, Ivo, I just want to make certain there is no confusion.) Mootools, itself, is MIT and it is within core.
It is understood that any…
While some of you want a relaxed rules for GPL compatible licenses, I would vote for more restrict inclusion of extensions. What do I mean?
- Since JED became fully GPL, a lot of extensions started offering a GPL version of their encoded products. T…
FYI, this was supposed to be the kumbaya thread, turned into a Death Thread as far as I can tell.
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Victor Drover's Blog
How would you change the extensions directory at Joomla.org?
At the January Joomla User Group meeting in Milwaukee, I gave a presentation entitled Selecting and evaluating extensions for Joomla. Of course we discussed at length the Joomla Extensions Directory (JED) and its various advantages and disadvantages compared to other directories.
Completely independently,… Continue
Completely independently,… Continue
Posted on March 8, 2010 at 11:00pm — 33 Comments
Best-practices for subscription-based extension distribution (SBED)
Many, many Joomla extension developers (components, modules, plugins, templates and languages) distribute their products using a for-profit, subscription-based model (subscription-based extension distribution; SBED) whereby a download service is optionally mixed with support services.
The history of how this model became popularized is long and boring, but a number of successful code shops have arisen as a result.
Along way, these shops have tweaked the features of their subsc… Continue
The history of how this model became popularized is long and boring, but a number of successful code shops have arisen as a result.
Along way, these shops have tweaked the features of their subsc… Continue
Posted on February 12, 2010 at 2:00pm — 11 Comments
Can users demand a refund for a service?
This question appears to be matter of some contention in the Joomla world, and is maybe different around the world. I'd like to get some feedback on the matter from my peers (that's you!).
I can only speak for North America where refunds can be given for products or services.
Services can include anything from magazine/cable TV subscriptions, car repair, or a massage.
What about subscriptions to support services? My uncle once paid a monthly fee for IT support with hi… Continue
I can only speak for North America where refunds can be given for products or services.
Services can include anything from magazine/cable TV subscriptions, car repair, or a massage.
What about subscriptions to support services? My uncle once paid a monthly fee for IT support with hi… Continue
Posted on February 11, 2010 at 1:09pm — 37 Comments
Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 10:52pm on February 10, 2010,
Victor Drover said…
- I stand by our decision.
- At 10:04pm on February 10, 2010,
Amy Stephen said…
- Way to go, Victor. That was very respectable. Thank you, very much.
- At 9:26am on November 23, 2009,
Victor Drover said…
- (bow)
ning needs emoticons
- At 9:22am on November 23, 2009,
- Welcome, Vic - thanks for joining in!
- At 9:22am on November 23, 2009,
Victor Drover said…
- i thought it was pretty good for a cartoon :)
- At 8:45am on November 23, 2009,
Brian Teeman said…
- That picture is so not you
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