[Qgis-psc] [QGIS-Developer] Plugin constantly asking for donations

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

Hi Luke, (cc'ing PSC list)

Not sure which plugin you are talking about.

But in my view a 'nagging'-screen to pay for development would be a reason to remove a plugin from the repo.

(Personally I'd even go further and also remove plugins from the qgis repo which only can be used in combination with paid services (they can host the plugin theirselves))

There has also been a plugin spamming plugin devs with mails recently...

Maybe update the rules on which you can put plugins in the official repo?

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde

On 9/11/24 22:13, Catania, Luke A ERDC-RDE-GRL-VA CIV via QGIS-Developer wrote:
> Well obviously I can modify the code which is what I did to get around the issue, but I wouldn’t think that a plugin should be officially posted to the plugins repo if it times out its usage.
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> *From:*QGIS-Developer <qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf Of *Catania, Luke A ERDC-RDE-GRL-VA CIV via QGIS-Developer
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 11, 2024 3:45 PM
> *To:* qgis-developer <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* [QGIS-Developer] Plugin constantly asking for donations
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> I understand asking for donations to help in keeping a plugin up to date, but I have downloaded a plugin that after either a certain time or a certain number of mouse clicks, I now get a popup with every single mouse click that asks for a donation.  That seems to defeat the purpose of open source.  Highly annoying.  I can’t even fully evaluate the plugin for my needs.
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> Luke Catania
> 
> US Army ERDC-GRL
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> JCMS Site Planning Developer
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