So how many plugins have switched to a commercial license in the last 6 months?

Mark Symons

Is it just my imagination or are previously-free plugins switching to a commercial license at a fast rate?

I have spotted a couple because I use them in v4.4.4 and would have to make a purchase before upgrading to JIRA v5.0.x:

JIRA Email This Issue Plugin
JIRA Timesheet Reports and Gadgets Plugin

...but I recall noticing others whilst browsing the plugin exchange.

As it happens, neither plugin that I name is expensive... it'll probably cost more than the price of the licenses just to process the paperwork and even after that I would still consider them good value.

JamieA

I'd hazard a guess that the reason is because Atlassian have made it easy to embed licensing code, and will take on all the paperwork for a cut of the revenue. Particularly the latter, doing it yourself is enough to put anybody off. It is a cause for concern though... perhaps this was an unforeseen or unhappy consequence of the marketplace.

And I agree with you about the pain of raising purchase orders etc, but the fact that you're only paying a single vendor if the plugin vendor has gone the revenue-split route, ie Atlassian, makes it much easier than paying 20 different vendors.