14 DAY TRIAL // Mountain View-based Google has just made a series of changes to the Android Market agreement that all developers need to accept. According to Google, the new changes and agreement will have to be accepted by all developers, as long as they want their applications to be distributed / sold through the Android Market, as they were until now.
The acceptance of the new agreement is mandatory, and each and every developer of Android applications will have to accept it within the following 30 days (December 11 is the last day). In case there are developers who won't accept it, Google says it plans to remove their software solutions from the Android Market. However, the company announced all developers on the change, and here's what the email it reportedly sent out states:
You are receiving this email because you have applications published in Android Market.
We’d like to let you know that there is a new Developer Distribution Agreement (DDA) for Android Market. The next time you sign in to the Android Market publisher website, you’ll be asked to agree to these new terms before continuing. If you have not accepted the new DDA by Friday, December 11, 2009 12:00:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, your application(s) will be unpublished from the Android Market.
You can view and accept the new agreement by visiting http://market.android.com/publish/ddaUpdate. Please do not reply to this message.
Thanks, The Android Market Team.
Those who would like to learn additional details on what has been changed can take a look at the entire distribution agreement here. Some of the changes are said to be related to the carrier billing payment option, which should be introduced later during the ongoing year. However, other changes might also be included with the new agreement, and it wouldn't hurt taking a closer look at it.