First platform to sell ruby gems?

#1

Post by did » Thu, May 05, 2011, 3:41 PM UTC

First platform to sell ruby gems?
gemforsale.com

Re: First platform to sell ruby gems?

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Post by jamesbritt » Thu, May 05, 2011, 4:45 PM UTC

I don't want to get newsletter, I want to read a page that tells me at least something.

This MVP is maybe a bit too M.

Re: First platform to sell ruby gems?

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Post by kmfrk » Thu, May 05, 2011, 5:01 PM UTC

Meanwhile, binpress is a general marketplace for people interesting in buying code: http://www.binpress.com/.

The site submitted lacks any detail whatsoever; they should at least be bothered to explain their service and its uses to developers and customers alike. The web design is basically boilerplate for Ruby web services, so it doesn't add any personal touches.

Re: First platform to sell ruby gems?

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Post by antidaily » Thu, May 05, 2011, 5:06 PM UTC

Something off about that logo. Not quite centered?

Re: First platform to sell ruby gems?

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Post by ohyes » Thu, May 05, 2011, 5:15 PM UTC

antidaily wrote: post #4

Something off about that logo. Not quite centered?

The plus isn't quite centered it is closer to the $.

Re: First platform to sell ruby gems?

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Post by senthilnayagam » Thu, May 05, 2011, 5:22 PM UTC

marketplace for rubygems is a good idea, never thought about it.

Plain old download a gem file and unpack it in vendor in rails app would work for older projects.

There would be some challenges, how will you install via bundler?, does it need some authentication for gem download?

Re: First platform to sell ruby gems?

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Post by nviennot » Thu, May 05, 2011, 5:31 PM UTC

gem should be free.. I hate this idea. What if I want to fork the code ? And I don't want to put licenses all around the place when it comes to deployments.

Re: First platform to sell ruby gems?

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Post by AmrMostafa » Thu, May 05, 2011, 5:33 PM UTC

Reminded me of http://gumroad.com/ "Share and sell your digital goods with just a link"

Re: First platform to sell ruby gems?

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Post by eropple » Thu, May 05, 2011, 5:39 PM UTC

nviennot wrote: post #7

gem should be free.. I hate this idea. What if I want to fork the code ? And I don't want to put licenses all around the place when it comes to deployments.

Then don't use it.

You have no right to permissively licensed code.

Re: First platform to sell ruby gems?

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Post by 198d » Thu, May 05, 2011, 5:56 PM UTC

senthilnayagam wrote: post #6

marketplace for rubygems is a good idea, never thought about it. Plain old download a gem file and unpack it in vendor in rails app would work for older projects. There would be some challenges, how will you install via bundler?, does it need some authentication for gem download?

Trivially you could still unpack it into vendor and then use the :path option when specifying it in your Gemfile.