On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 01:13:51AM +0100 Also sprach Alexander Willner: > Hi Antonio, > > On 14.02.2011, at 21:46, Antonio Gantus Filho wrote: > > I've sent an email a while ago, wanting to financially sponsor the team to > > get this software ported to the iOS. This would be a great thing for people > > like me (using iPhone all the time). > > > as a matter of fact: we've just had a phone conference today were we > discussed the possibility (technically and legally) of an iOS application*. > We would be grateful for every donation[1] - this would help us at least to > get a developer account. > > Best regards, Alex >
>From my limited, legal understanding, the biggest hurdle to porting any version of GnuPG for iOS is the incompatibility of the GPL with Apple's highly proprietary App Store terms and conditions. GPLed software can ultimately be relicensed in a way that suits the App Store, but only if ALL the contributing developers agree. VLC was an interesting test case. It was in the App Store for a while, and everything seemed to be going swimmingly. Then, from what I understand, one of the original devs objected, and it was pulled. I don't know exactly how many devs there are involved with GnuPG, but given all the libraries and dependencies it has, I imagine there must be quite a few. Only one of them needs to have a problem with the App Store to derail the whole port. At least, that's my understanding, based on the news of VLCs removal. I could be completely off base here. For what it's worth, I think GnuPG for iOS is a smashing idea :) _______________________________________________ gpgtools-users mailing list [email protected] FAQ: http://www.gpgtools.org/faq.html Changes: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/listinfo/gpgtools-users Unsubscribe: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/options/gpgtools-users/[email protected]?unsub=Unsubscribe&unsubconfirm=1 This email sent to: [email protected]
