Hi,
the recent misunderstanding on the Manifest UI has made clear that some functionalities in Volumio are undertaking a commercial turn. This is legit, of course, as it is your work and you can do whatever you want with it.
In order to avoid further misunderstandings in the future, I would like to ask if you have any commercial plans about the plugin “ecosystem”, as you call it. This question is of the utmost importance, because if you do, the work of the community would be heavily impacted.
Think of this scenario: you (hypothetically, of course) put some of your own plugins under a payment plan. Even though the plugins in question are your own work, the commercial plan would create a conflict with the work of the community because they may submit plugins that perform the same tasks of your commercial ones. And you, in your position of supervisors, have the power of orientating user’s choices and even (again, hypothetically) boycott those who may be seen as potential competitors.
In some recent posts, you pointed out the need of a thorough revision of the plugin ecosystem and you strengthen your position as supervisors: this would be (again, hypothetically) a perfect step towards the above scenario.
So, for the sake of clarity, please answer the question: do you have any commercial plans for (or somehow related to) the plugin ecosystem?
Thank you for your attention.