[Foundation-l] iPhone App

[Judson Dunn]

On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 2:52 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/03/2008, Husky <huskyr at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Judson Dunn <cohesion at sleepyhead.org> wrote:
>
>  >  >  Here's a crazy what if. What if we make it open source, but charge
>  >  >  something small for it, like $1-$5, and have that donated to the
>  >  >  foundation, or to Mediawiki development? I don't think this would play
>  >  >  very badly at all on the web PR-wise, if it was cheap enough, people
>  >  >  would feel good about paying.
>
>  > In my opinion access to Wikipedia in any way should always be free,
>  >  and donations are very welcome, but not required to view any content.
>  >  Sending the message that you would have to 'pay for Wikipedia' (even
>  >  if it is only for the iPhone application) wouldn't be very good
>  >  PR-wise too.
>
>
>  Lots of open source apps have a little PayPal button on the project
>  page. Call it "Suggested donation". (I don't know if that's
>  tax-deductible. Mind you, donating wouldn't be compulsory to get a
>  copy, so it might not constitute a sale therefore not deductible. In
>  any case, "if you use and like this app, please give us $5-10 or £5"
>  or whatever should be just fine.
>

You are both probably right about making it optional. Apple has made
it pretty clear though that applications will only be delivered
through iTunes, so the price will either be something, or free. I
highly doubt Apple will let you include a paypal link within the write
up of the app in iTunes, so that would have to be on a web page, which
people wouldn't go to nearly as often. Not that it's the end of the
world, every little bit helps. :)

Judson
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