Hi, It would seem that Mobile Apps are a different licensing ball game that the GPL and LGPL simply can't deal with effectively. Creating an Android app and uploading it to market.android.com also entails agreeing to a license that it different to the GPL and so would also 'modify' the GPL terms to an extent that could be said to break the license...
You pay your US$25.00 developer fee, and agree to the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement .... I have no idea what hoops Blackberry apps have to go through.... In my opinion we need a better GPL license to deal with this new distribution market, as there are millions of users out there using these devices, and who will only get applications through their respective app stores. This is the reality, and the number of app users is only going to increase. Here in South Africa there are already more people using 'Smart Phones' than computers for Internet usage. As Android Tablet devices become more available I expect that soon more people will be using 'Smart Devices' than traditional PCs. The environment has changed and GPL has been left behind. Just my 2c more... GrahamG _______________________________________________ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev
