[GH-ISSUE #292] Publish the app to Microsoft Store

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Originally created by @Kenya-West on GitHub (Mar 17, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/issues/292

Microsoft Store is one place for everything in your life, moving your experience to a safe one and making it accessible from many devices that added to your Microsoft account.

Publishing apps to Microsoft Store is benefit both for users and developers + enterprise. Deploying classic apps, that available in Microsoft Store, with safe methods to a verified environments is trusted by enterprises and users. From the other hand, developer can benefit from "In-App Purchase" (paid features of the app), making its own Insider programs, setting up subscriptions and advertisements.

Microsoft corporation has opened a door to developers of classic apps, the way to publish your app to Microsoft Store. UWP brings a second life for your apps: notifications, full power of trusted UWP/WinRT API, easy debug, easy deploy, additional features.

Learn more about that easy process here.

Best regards,
Innokenty Ivanov,
North-Eastern Federal University student (Master degree).
Programmer, web developer, Microsoft Student Partner.
My e-mail.

Originally created by @Kenya-West on GitHub (Mar 17, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/issues/292 Microsoft Store is one place for everything in your life, moving your experience to a safe one and making it accessible from many devices that added to your Microsoft account. Publishing apps to Microsoft Store is benefit both for users and developers + enterprise. Deploying classic apps, that available in Microsoft Store, with safe methods to a verified environments is trusted by enterprises and users. From the other hand, developer can benefit from "In-App Purchase" (paid features of the app), making its own Insider programs, setting up subscriptions and advertisements. Microsoft corporation has opened a door to developers of classic apps, the way to publish your app to Microsoft Store. UWP brings a second life for your apps: notifications, full power of trusted UWP/WinRT API, easy debug, easy deploy, additional features. Learn more about that easy process [here](https://developer.microsoft.com/windows/bridges/desktop). Best regards, Innokenty Ivanov, North-Eastern Federal University student (Master degree). Programmer, web developer, **Microsoft Student Partner**. My [e-mail](mailto:Kenya-West@outlook.com).

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@vatterspun commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2018):

Publishing apps to Microsoft Store is benefit both for users and developers + enterprise.

I work with a lot of developers but haven't yet spoken with any of them about getting their programs into the App store, so I'm not familiar with that process or if there are any TOS pitfalls. It's certainly a fact that many people have machines that are setup to prevent anything save programs from the app store. As such, it's helpful to go through that process to connect with more users. Also your program is licensed MS-PL, which Microsoft historically promotes over other licenses.

I'm not a fan of the trend toward app store distribution nor the MS-PL license (as discussed on #33), but just some food for thought.

@vatterspun commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2018): > Publishing apps to Microsoft Store is benefit both for users and developers + enterprise. I work with a lot of developers but haven't yet spoken with any of them about getting their programs into the App store, so I'm not familiar with that process or if there are any TOS pitfalls. It's certainly a fact that many people have machines that are setup to prevent anything save programs from the app store. As such, it's helpful to go through that process to connect with more users. Also your program is licensed MS-PL, which Microsoft historically promotes over other licenses. I'm not a fan of the trend toward app store distribution nor the MS-PL license (as discussed on #33), but just some food for thought.

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@NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2018):

@Kenya-West Yes, I already have almost everything ready (I just need to create some images for the Store). But I'm blocked by the fact that I need to be contacted by MS in order to get an authorization to publish the app.

@vatterspun I'm still going to distribute the app by the other 3 means (No install, Installer, Chocolatey).

@NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2018): @Kenya-West Yes, I already have almost everything ready (I just need to create some images for the Store). But I'm blocked by the fact that I need to be contacted by MS in order to get an authorization to publish the app. @vatterspun I'm still going to distribute the app by the other 3 means (No install, Installer, Chocolatey).

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@smaragdus commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2018):

@NickeManarin
I am afraid that Kenya-West is a M$ troll- he is posting one and the same issue here and there, see:

Publish the app to Microsoft Store #890
Publish the app to Microsoft Store #43
Publish the app to Microsoft Store #421

@smaragdus commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2018): @NickeManarin I am afraid that **Kenya-West** is a **M$** troll- he is posting one and the same issue here and there, see: [Publish the app to Microsoft Store #890](https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ/issues/890) [Publish the app to Microsoft Store #43](https://github.com/Tichau/FileConverter/issues/43) [Publish the app to Microsoft Store #421](https://github.com/KeitIG/museeks/issues/421)

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@heartacker commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2018):

expect for uwp version ，it is powerful application i had ever seen about animation picture

@heartacker commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2018): expect for uwp version ，it is powerful application i had ever seen about animation picture

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@lostmsu commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2018):

@NickeManarin did you submit a Desktop Bridge request, and never received a reply? If so, I'm in the same boat for my latest project as well. Would be curious to know if there's a comms problem. I could ping my friends in MS then.

@lostmsu commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2018): @NickeManarin did you submit a Desktop Bridge request, and never received a reply? If so, I'm in the same boat for my latest project as well. Would be curious to know if there's a comms problem. I could ping my friends in MS then.

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@vatterspun commented on GitHub (Apr 12, 2018):

I'm blocked by the fact that I need to be contacted by MS in order to get an authorization to publish the app.

According to some casual research on the topic, there's a registration fee, which doesn't seem worth it. Microsoft should be welcoming to free software developers that make their operating system more attractive with quality programs.

@vatterspun commented on GitHub (Apr 12, 2018): > I'm blocked by the fact that I need to be contacted by MS in order to get an authorization to publish the app. According to some casual research on the topic, there's a registration fee, which doesn't seem worth it. Microsoft should be welcoming to free software developers that make their operating system more attractive with quality programs.

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@Riajyuu commented on GitHub (May 7, 2018):

@NickeManarin

I'm blocked by the fact that I need to be contacted by MS in order to get an authorization to publish the app.

I'm notified they have special offer to open-source authors

@Riajyuu commented on GitHub (May 7, 2018): @NickeManarin > I'm blocked by the fact that I need to be contacted by MS in order to get an authorization to publish the app. I'm notified they have special offer to open-source authors

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@ghost commented on GitHub (May 20, 2018):

That's a good idea.

@ghost commented on GitHub (May 20, 2018): That's a good idea.

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@vatterspun commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2019):

As there is a fake version of this program (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/screen-recorder-plus-for-windows-10/9pj1c0rfbzn3?activetab=pivot%3Aoverviewtab#) currently posted to the Microsoft Store despite numerous contacts, I'd maybe avoid the platform altogether.

More info: https://github.com/MathewSachin/Captura/issues/414

As the Microsoft Store opened roughly 10 years ago, maybe they need another 10 years to fix their submission system.

@vatterspun commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2019): As there is a fake version of this program (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/screen-recorder-plus-for-windows-10/9pj1c0rfbzn3?activetab=pivot%3Aoverviewtab#) currently posted to the Microsoft Store despite numerous contacts, I'd maybe avoid the platform altogether. More info: https://github.com/MathewSachin/Captura/issues/414 As the Microsoft Store opened roughly 10 years ago, maybe they need another 10 years to fix their submission system.

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@MathewSachin commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019):

Another fake version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/screen-recorder-webcam-recorder/9nzvhnx6krxj?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

@MathewSachin commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019): Another fake version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/screen-recorder-webcam-recorder/9nzvhnx6krxj?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

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@lostmsu commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019):

@vatterspun , @MathewSachin , technically they are not "fake", as ScreenToGif has a license, permitting anyone to distribute copies with any modifications and get paid for it.

@lostmsu commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019): @vatterspun , @MathewSachin , technically they are not "fake", as ScreenToGif has a license, permitting anyone to distribute copies with any modifications and get paid for it.

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@MathewSachin commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019):

@lostmsu, attribution is still required.

github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif@479f6a36a5/LICENSE.txt (L27)

@MathewSachin commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019): @lostmsu, attribution is still required. https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/blob/479f6a36a5a19563130112c552652e04eef0d7df/LICENSE.txt#L27

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@lostmsu commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019):

@MathewSachin have you checked, that they do not ship the LICENSE file, and redacted the original authors from About window?

@lostmsu commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019): @MathewSachin have you checked, that they do not ship the LICENSE file, and redacted the original authors from About window?

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@vatterspun commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2019):

@vatterspun , @MathewSachin , technically they are not "fake", as ScreenToGif has a license, permitting anyone to distribute copies with any modifications and get paid for it. ... @MathewSachin have you checked, that they do not ship the LICENSE file, and redacted the original authors from About window?

First of all, there's standard copyright, which doesn't go away when you open source something. A starting point on this topic is here: https://opensource.org/faq

Second, as to the license terms, I've heard this refrain before. I see this a lot with GPL software where they claim to be open source, the source is obviously somewhere and boy you just haven't dug hard enough to find it. The last time I checked, FreeFileSync was doing this. I'd suggest the very reasonable license terms around attribution/source code hosting shouldn't be something where you have to:

Download their software (in this case, the initial download required we spend $30 to buy it)
Dig through the software to make 100% sure it's not in some submenu/subfile
Finally post an issue with the hosting service

Maybe that's just me.

@vatterspun commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2019): > @vatterspun , @MathewSachin , technically they are not "fake", as ScreenToGif has a license, permitting anyone to distribute copies with any modifications and get paid for it. ... @MathewSachin have you checked, that they do not ship the LICENSE file, and redacted the original authors from About window? First of all, there's standard copyright, which doesn't go away when you open source something. A starting point on this topic is here: https://opensource.org/faq Second, as to the license terms, I've heard this refrain before. I see this a lot with GPL software where they claim to be open source, the source is obviously *somewhere* and boy you just haven't dug hard enough to find it. The last time I checked, FreeFileSync was doing this. I'd suggest the very reasonable license terms around attribution/source code hosting shouldn't be something where you have to: 1. Download their software (in this case, the initial download required we spend $30 to buy it) 2. Dig through the software to make 100% sure it's not in some submenu/subfile 3. Finally post an issue with the hosting service Maybe that's just me.

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@vatterspun commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2019):

Update here: the excellent PhotoDemon is also running into this issue. https://github.com/tannerhelland/PhotoDemon/issues/251#issuecomment-498317095

@vatterspun commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2019): Update here: the excellent PhotoDemon is also running into this issue. https://github.com/tannerhelland/PhotoDemon/issues/251#issuecomment-498317095

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@NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Sep 27, 2019):

Uh oh, I forgot to close this issue.
The app was published to the MS store.

@NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Sep 27, 2019): Uh oh, I forgot to close this issue. [The app was published to the MS store](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/screentogif/9n3sqk8pds8g?activetab=pivot:overviewtab).

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