The Free Software Foundation published a really good explanation of the problems with GPL in Apple App Store four years ago: http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement
I don't know if anything has changed since then. On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Frank Lanitz <fr...@frank.uvena.de> wrote: > Am 18.06.2014 21:19, schrieb Dave Warren: >> On 2014-06-18 11:59, Frank Lanitz wrote: >>> Am 17.06.2014 22:05, schrieb Dave Warren: >>>> On 2014-06-17 13:00, Samir Shah wrote: >>>>> Is there a iPhone version planned? thanks! >>>> I don't speak for the developers, but in short, no. >>>> >>>> The libraries and resources used by pidgin aren't available on iOS, and >>>> due to the multitasking limitations imposed by iOS, the experience would >>>> be quite limited (it would only really work while the app is in the >>>> foreground or for a short period in the background) >>> Another topic is the licence demandings of Apples app store, which is >>> not allowing libpurple etc. under current licensing (at least if Apple >>> didn't change anything during the last year).. >> >> I've seen this argument before and I don't think it holds water. >> >> At least to my knowledge, nothing in Apple's (current) agreements >> prohibit developers from distributing source code, and as long as source >> code (and possibly unsigned binaries) are distributed without further >> restrictions, you can remain in compliance even if a third party chooses >> to distribute signed copies. >> >> (In other words, I could digitally sign pidgin and run it in my >> environment that requires my trusted digital signature on all >> executables, if I wanted -- It wouldn't run in your similarly-configured >> environment which requires your digital signature, but you'd be free to >> build from source and sign it yourself or disable your OS's signature >> verification so that you can run it yourself) >> >> As always, IANAL, and if you take legal advice from a mailing list, >> you've got your money's worth and not a penny more. >> >> Either way, there are various AppStore entries that contain open source >> products with various licenses, both BSD and GPL flavours. > > > At least I'm remembering the issues VLC had maybe two years ago. Also > unfortuantely the development rules are inside members area so I cannot > check them. > > Cheers, > Frank > > _______________________________________________ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support