Though Im not overly bothered about charging for advertising, I still have to disagree about it in concept.
A- The cost of the advertising simply gets passed onto the customer
B- Most wont bother with the average cost of the scripts being very low to begin with. Charging to advertise a service that enhances Jelsofts product means that the average coder wanting to have the opportunity to recoup some expenditure out of their work would have to turn it into a business.
I think what everyone is against is the concept of people making a business strictly out of making projects for vB and getting advertising for free. I seriously doubt that anyone could really do something like this as:
A- The bulk of all scripts are FOC
B- The bulk of scripts that are not FOC cost very little. Couple in the time to devlop and support, I cant see anyone even making a good full time job from doing vB modifications. If the possability exists - then more power to them.
I personally feel that it would be a big plus to jelsoft to offer a directory of modifications along with their costs and a link to the site for more information (AND maybe a member rating). Charging for the right to be in the directory would undermine the purpose behind it.
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