Software store fail.

[Madspyman]

Just saw the software store rules over at omgubuntu,

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/ubuntu-application-review-process-announced-restrictive-rules-galore/


Applications must be open source, so nothing proprietary.

So how do you explain this?

[23meg]

More like, journalism fail.



So how do you explain this?

Explain what? The application review process has nothing to do with the partner repository that's meant for sales of proprietary software; that's meant to happen via a separate process which ISVs can take up with Canonical. The review process is meant for community application developers who'd like to get their software into supported Ubuntu releases without having to wait for a certain time window and go through the Universe review processes, which requires more dedication and can be more cumbersome.

And none of this is news; the blueprint (https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-m-post-release-app-process) for the process has been public since the last UDS, for months.

[DeadSuperHero]

So, the partners just get special treatment, and anyone that actually wants to SELL proprietary games and what have you gets to keep on waiting for that day to actually happen?

You gotta hand it to Canonical, right when it seems they've established a business model, they find the perfect way to ruin it. Awesome.

[Madspyman]

More like, journalism fail.



Explain what? The application review process has nothing to do with the partner repository that's meant for sales of proprietary software; that's meant to happen via a separate process which ISVs can take up with Canonical. The review process is meant for community application developers who'd like to get their software into supported Ubuntu releases without having to wait for a certain time window and go through the Universe review processes, which require more dedication and can be more cumbersome.

And none of this is news; the blueprint (https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-m-post-release-app-process) for the process has been public since the last UDS, for months.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[Linye]

From the article:

"Jono Bacon announced today (http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/09/20/announcing-the-ubuntu-application-review-process/) the Ubuntu Application Review Process (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppReviews), which is designed to get new and fresh applications into Ubuntu after it’s released."

[scouser73]

I hate to disappoint you, but it's not a fail.

[NCLI]

So, the partners just get special treatment, and anyone that actually wants to SELL proprietary games and what have you gets to keep on waiting for that day to actually happen?

You gotta hand it to Canonical, right when it seems they've established a business model, they find the perfect way to ruin it. Awesome.

This is not for selling software, it's for getting new applications into Ubuntu if they missed the freeze.

[shantzg001]

Most people are jumping into criticizing Ubuntu and the people behind the app review process without understanding the true meaning of this process and the feature that it wants to enable..
Read this to get the correct perspective of things behind this: Clearing the FUD around Ubuntu Application Review Process (http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2010/09/22/clearing-the-fud-around-ubuntu-application-review-process.html)

[Madspyman]

This thread was started out of confusion based on a sentence in an omgubuntu article.


If you want to try and sell your app in the Software Center, it has to be simple, standalone, a one off with no updates, open source and it has to be packaged for /opt also.

I marked the thread as solved in hopes to avoid further confusion, if at all possible it'd be great if a mod could close it.

[Bachstelze]

This thread was started out of confusion based on a sentence in an omgubuntu article.


inb4close

Protip: omgubuntu is full of rubbish.

[FuturePilot]

Protip: omgubuntu is full of rubbish.

This

[DeadSuperHero]

Okay...so what about the process to get proprietary commercial apps in, then? Is there a program set up for commercial app developers to get their wares into USC as of yet?

[cariboo]

Why not email Jono Bacon (jono@ubuntu.com), for information?

[23meg]

Okay...so what about the process to get proprietary commercial apps in, then? Is there a program set up for commercial app developers to get their wares into USC as of yet?

The goal for the Maverick cycle (https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-maverick-buy-something) was to get the infrastructure in place to sell one single piece of software; that happened to be Fluendo DVD Player.

You can expect a public process to take shape in the next cycle, and Canonical has a contact form (https://forms.canonical.com/partners/) for potential partners.