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General Requirements

(client is firefox etc)

Maintain a database of extensions of different types (extensions, themes, plugins)
Provide a way for the user to search for an extension
Allow to directly install an extension (for browsers) or to download it (for non-browsers)
Track download statistics

Logged-in users can make comments and rate extensions
Developers can log in
Developers can upload their extensions
Admins can edit all extensions, comments and users

Extensions can have different versions for different OS
Knows the version of the client for which an extension works
Extensions have category information

Clients can ask for updates of extensions

Localizable
Must support Firefox, Thunderbird, Nvu, PFS, AUS
Not tied to mozilla.org clients

Code should use mozilla.org code style guidelines

Mozilla Policies & Legal Requirements

The complete list of policies and legal requirements are currently being drafted and this is a summary list for the sorts of things we're worrying about.

For Extension and Theme Developers

Trademark Guidelines for Extension and Theme Names
Extension and Theme Publishing Agreements
Mozilla Software Integrity Policy

For Users

Terms of Use
Privacy Policy

Server Load

Can handle the load

AUS connections/sec, GB/sec etc Page loads take < n seconds