Facebook Ecommerce

[philiplemon]

The above mentioned application located here http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=1893 is not a FREE application its use requires a subscription could it please be removed from the Free Software Add Ons section

[schoolboy]

The above mentioned application located here http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=1893 is not a FREE application its use requires a subscription could it please be removed from the Free Software Add Ons section

Well, one could argue that PAYPAL is not a "free" module either, as they charge for each transaction, and USPS and UPS are not Free shipping modules, because they charge too.

The MODULE is indeed free... The SERVICE it invokes may not be free, but there is nobody standing there with a gun forcing you to use the service.

Bear in mind that some of these services are very costly to manage and administer... and there is nothing wrong with making a profit in business.

Fortunately, in the Free Market System, we have choice... we can choose to use a service, or not to use a service.

[philiplemon]

Well, one could argue that PAYPAL is not a "free" module either, as they charge for each transaction, and USPS and UPS are not Free shipping modules, because they charge too.

The MODULE is indeed free... The SERVICE it invokes may not be free, but there is nobody standing there with a gun forcing you to use the service.

Bear in mind that some of these services are very costly to manage and administer... and there is nothing wrong with making a profit in business.

Fortunately, in the Free Market System, we have choice... we can choose to use a service, or not to use a service.

The service paypal module provides is to accept paypal payments via your website that service is free in the sense of what that mod allows the installer to accomplish when they install it. It is not misleading.

The service the usps mod allows is for the installer to either calculate rates or auto fill forms on the usps website it does not imply that you will be able to ship your order for free.

Your mod? As it is marketed via this website as free. Does not provide any services for free. It is a for profit module that provides 1 service which must be paid for to be used. Thus it is not free. Has no right to be market as free, and your companies? Business practices would not be approved by the Better Business Bureau.
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[philiplemon]

Long rant short the usps mod says hey install me and get rate quotes on your site etc. you install it and you have rate quotes on your site for free. The paypal one says hey install me and we will make it easy to have your customers pay via paypal thats what it does for you.. for free.

The facebook ecommece app says hey install me and I will let you have your store on your facebook page as well which it does for a fee which makes it NOT FREE and should not be allowed to be listed on this open source software website under a section entitled free software (okay i lied this rant was equally as long.)

[stevesh]

I'm with philip on this one - looks like a commercial mod to me. But then so does Form Armor, and it's available in the Free Software Add Ons.

[schoolboy]

I can go and collect (and install) ANY for the free add-on modules on my system. I dont have to PAY for these modules. They are available FREE...

Whether the SERVICE they support is not ultimately free is a separate issue. But the modules themselves are entirely free of charge. So, in my opinion, they have every right to be in the free add-ons.

Consider what is meant by NOT free.

If I go to TemplateMonster for a template, I can't download any software UNTIL I have paid for it.

That is an example of NOT free.