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[Martin Albisetti <martin.albisetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Jamie Strandboge <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I think we have to support this for certain scenarios where applications are
> purchased. Ie, the initial version is $5 but an upgrade is $2. I pay for the
> initial version and so does my spouse. Now one of us upgrades and we both have
> the new version, but only one of us paid. I haven't been in any discussions on
> paid apps, but I imagine we would want to support the developer in as many ways
> as possible. Ie, buy the app once for all users on the system, buy the app for
> each user on the system, pay for upgrades, etc, etc.
>
> Perhaps others could comment on how we will support purchasing apps?


So, there's no plan to support paid upgrades at the moment.
As for purchases applying per-user, that's probably what developers expect, yes.
So at a minimum, this would be closer to what the commercial
requirements would be.

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Martin