Market Rules (DRAFT)

Overview

Please read the following for an understanding of what not to do when using the market as a vendor. Failure to follow these rules may result in a suspension. You may also be quizzed on this content at the end of the semester.

Submitting

You must fill in the following when submitting or editing a product:

• Title
• Description
• Category
• Tags
• Support [topic]
• File
• Price
• Version (under courtesy information)
• Compatibility (under courtesy information)
• License (under courtesy information)

You must make and enter a support topic for the product, unless it is a service or promotional item. This is mostly for Starter members, who can't contact developers directly for support due to the membership restrictions.

Don't upload a text file with instructions to acquire the actual product, unless absolutely necessary. The product itself should be included in the download. Contact information should also be included in all downloads for support purposes. For services and products with downloads too large for this site, include a text file with contact information and instructions on how to obtain the service/product download. Keep in mind that products using external sites for downloads will be checked for broken links and removed if needed. You will be notified of the removed product after the action has been taken.

Don't choose "Free" as the price when the product isn't actually free. This includes service advertisements. Choose the price that's most appropriate for the product. If none of the specific options seem to fit, choose "Other." You will be asked to change the price to something else if it is not appropriate. Failure to do this will result in removal of the product and a possible suspension.

Version information relates to the version of the actual product. For example, the first release of a product might be 1.0, while the first update might be 1.1. You are free to choose whatever version-numbering scheme that can be thought of.

Compatibility information must be specific to a certain product and version. Do not enter "Dolphin 7.x" or similar information. The following are considered appropriate ways to list compatible versions:

• Dolphin 7.0.7, Dolphin 7.0.8, Dolphin 7.0.9
• Dolphin 7.0.7-7.0.9

For version exemptions (no support for a specific version in between supported versions), use something like:

• Dolphin 7.0.7-7.0.9, except 7.0.8

You can experiment with these listings, but make sure both the actual product name and versions are listed. Do not enter "7.0.0" and not "Dolphin." BoonEx has developed other products in the past, including Barracuda and Orca. It's unlikely that this will cause confusion, but correct information is still important.

Choosing a license is mostly a personal matter. You can enter an established license (e.g., MIT, BSD, etc.) or something else. Keep in mind that third-party code included in your product might be released under a license with restrictions on how the entire product can be licensed. Also be careful about selecting the wrong license. Don't choose the GPL unless you want people to be able to redistribute your product to others. Be sure to enter something and make sure it's correct.

For services and other advertisements, the above information must still be entered. For the courtesy information, enter "Not Applicable" or similar. For other areas where the information isn't applicable to the product, do the same as before.

Integrations

This article describes an integration as a third-party product or service (e.g., MediaWiki?, Disqus, etc.) which makes use of Dolphin's code and features. For example, a MediaWiki? integration would not use its own login or registration, but link to Dolphin's database and pull the account information from there. You would not be able to login or create a new account on the integrated site; it must be treated as an extension of Dolphin.

Services

Advertising services for Dolphin are allowed. You must enter the appropriate information when creating the product and make it clear in the description that customers are purchasing only the service and nothing else. For example, advertising a service to integrate software which costs money is allowed, but the description for the product must clearly state that the product is not included, and the service is only to integrate it into Dolphin.

Do not advertise a service here that is not for Dolphin. For example, advertising media server hosting for an unrelated product is not allowed. The market is for BoonEx products.

Further Reading

You should also review the following articles:

​http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/MarketCourtesy

​http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/MarketRequirements

​http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/MarketEtiquette

Revisions

In case something is wrong and needs to be changed/removed, send a message to a moderator or administrator.