I'm with Andrew.  There's noting in the license agreement I agreed to that 
prevents me from selling somewhere besides the AppStore.  That may work for a 
closed ecosystem like iOS, but Mac users would not put up with that (nor would 
Mac developers...).

Tim

On May 29, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Andrew Henshaw wrote:

> I think the article may have that wrong,  you can sell your apps anywhere you 
> want,  the MAS is just another outlet.
> 
> Quite a few developers seem to be switching to Mac App Store only policies 
> (eg Pixelmator) which is their choice,  but ive not seen anywhere that is a 
> requirement unless its changed recently.
> 
> Probably confusion with the iOS store policy.
> 
>> But there's this:
>> 
>> "Apps distributed in Bodega can be freely sold anywhere else, including the 
>> Mac App Store. Apple requires developers to offer paid versions of their 
>> apps in the Mac App Store only. If an app is also available on the web, the 
>> developer must link to the paid version in the Mac App Store."
>> 
>> So if you want your app in MAS then you can only put a free version on 
>> Bodega.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jac...@hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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