Sorry, i didn't meant to be harsh and I don't have anything against Nokia people, they support great open source projects. But i am just an unhappy user who cannot use VLC in the iPhone ;( for no reason, that's not freedom.
I just really want to spread this great software to other people, and the Apple AppStore is a such great channel to do it!. On Dec 9, 2011, at 3:46 AM, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote: > On 9 December 2011 02:24, Alex Sarmiento <alexsarmie...@me.com> wrote: >> As far as i know, Apple never said that they pulled out the VLC App from the >> AppStore because the GPL license was incompatible, nobody knows why was >> pulled out . Just because some idiotic Nokia employee doesn't like Apple >> doesn't means that you can't publish GPL software in the AppStore > > Please note, this attitude is not welcome here. I provided you link to facts. > Calling people that actually co-develop software (Nokia contributes to > Calligra a lot) idiots tells something about yourself. And yet it's > the software that you intend to use and/or deploy. > So please reconsider how you treat people. To achieve the goal one > needs to figure out 'what it takes to put an App in the AppStore' > first. > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_App_Store >> >> says >> >> "Software licensed only under the GPL (because the App Store Terms of >> Service impose additional restrictions incompatible with the GPL)[8][9]" >> >> but if you pay attention to those references [8] and [9] >> http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement >> http://adium.im/pipermail/devel_adium.im/2011-January/007973.html >> >> You will notice that those are just personal opinions and obscure references >> without any legal ground. > > You have not provided any evidence that all the isses have 'no legal ground'. > This suggests that the *GPL licenses have no meaning and application > for you and instead you look at the licensing in a really liberal way. > Even if only ONE issue is valid, distribution is not legal and *GPL > says it's up to any author to request removal. In the example of VLC > it was the author who used this very freedom. If anyone should be > accused of doing any harm it's not the author using his own freedoms. > > I give you one example: forcing non-commercial use for the software > clearly breaks the license: > > http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html > > > "MAC APP STORE PRODUCT USAGE RULES > > Except as otherwise set forth herein, > > (i) If you are an individual acting in your personal capacity, you may > download and use an application from the Mac App Store (“Mac App Store > Product”) for personal, non-commercial use on any Apple-branded > products running Mac OS X (“Mac Computer”) that you own or control. " > > Generally, most of this list make me as published of a *GPL-derived > product _breaking_ the license. > >> There's another very popular GPL app in the AppStore >> http://mplayerx.org/ >> And I am sure that there is more GPL software. > > Is this your 'legal ground' for you really this time? > >> Please notice that the Apple Store is just another distribution channel >> for the end user. You can always share a link to the the source code. You >> can even pack a tarbal with the source codel inside the Bundle (why not?). > > The tarball will be then provided for non-commercial use... > > PS: What is surprising and interesting that the new MS App Store would > be far more open, since they prepared specific exception for open > source products. > It is not anybody fault out there that Apple haven't done the same > when it is clearly possible. > > -- > regards / pozdrawiam, Jaroslaw Staniek > http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek > Kexi & Calligra (kexi-project.org, identi.ca/kexi, calligra-suite.org) > KDE Software Development Platform on MS Windows (windows.kde.org) > _______________________________________________ > calligra-devel mailing list > calligra-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel _______________________________________________ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
