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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">I’m not sure if I
would want this marketplace being hosted by QGIS itself
and being access through the current Plugin Manager. I
prefer the idea of QGIS being clearly free… but at the
same time maybe it’s not that bad if there is a mix of
free and paid plugin at the same place, as long as it’s
very easy filter. The obvious benefit of a marketplace
hosted by QGIS is that a small commission could collected
as Tim suggested. With a separate entity managing paid
plugins, there is no way for QGIS.org to systematically
receive a small donation as Sebastian explained with the
way it works with Blender.</span></p>
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<p>A viable external market place would at some point need to use
the QGIS trademark (in their domain name, etc), so they would have
to talk with QGIS.org first to see at which condition QGIS.org
accepts they use its trademark. That condition could be to
subscribe to a annual sustainable membership + a commission per
plugin</p>
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My software is free, but my time generally not.</pre>
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