It seems a new extension has been released on Magento Connect that provides integration with SecurePay’s SecureXML payment gateway. I find this rather interesting as this extension is commercial, at a fairly substantial cost of $175, and provides the same integration as an extension I created back in September! Why would anyone create an extension that has already been released for free, then attempt to charge money for it?
I’d like to know if anyone actually forks out money for this.
Does it share similar code with yours? It would be a bastard thing to do if they’ve started with yours, edited it and slapped the price tag on.
I’m not sure if it shares similar code – I’m not willing to hand over $175 to find out.
Yeah that would be interesting to know as well. I have seen some other extensions that are being labeled and sold as commercial when free extensions are readily available. Hopefully they are not taking the same code and repackaging it. I wouldn’t pay 175 to find out either
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