I don't really understand if apple provides their OS for free, why they can't create a lightweight version that would run in virtual box, for open source developers only... But that's their choice. Let's go back to original topic. GPL v 3 is a good idea :) I am just not sure if you don't need permissions from other developers who contributed the code in order to change the license.
On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Petr Bena <benap...@gmail.com> wrote: > TBH as open source developer I don't feel like publishing kernel > sources makes it any easier for me to create applications for their > platform. > > If I want to create an application for android, I can download android > studio and run it on Windows, Linux or Mac. The studio itself is open > source and programs are easy to package. > > If I want to create an application for iPhone, I have to own a Mac, > because even if I wanted to buy OS only and install it on non-apple > hardware, it wouldn't work and xcode is not available for any other > platform than Mac. This is blocker for any open source developer who > wants to create non-profit software and isn't willing to put money > into something that is never gonna be useful for them, so that they > can create software that others can freely use. > > This is case of all apple products, even if I wanted to create a > program for Windows, which is commercial platform, I can easily do > that on linux and compile with mingw compiler that can build .exe > files on linux. But in case of apple you can only dream of that. > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Antoine Musso <hashar+...@free.fr> wrote: >> Le 08/02/2015 15:26, Petr Bena a écrit : >>> What can I say, I always had a feeling that apple hates open source >>> and likes to block open source devs in all possible ways, this just >>> ensures me in this feeling. One more reason for me to be happy not to >>> have to work with their products. >> >> You have wrong feelings really: http://opensource.apple.com/ >> >> Even the kernel (XNU) is published under an open source license: >> >> http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/ >> >> FSF's Opinion of the Apple Public Source License (APSL) 2.0 >> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/apsl.en.html >> >> >> The AppStore terms of service is not compatibe with GPLv2 since they >> restrict distribution and use in addition of the GPLv2 restrictions. So >> it is not surprising that Apple acts as a good citizen by respecting the >> license and thus preventing people from adding GPLv2 apps. They just >> make sure the license is respected. >> >> >> -- >> Antoine "hashar" Musso >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
