(I didn't receive an email, so it is not clear how to reply, other than copy and pasting from the list) Thiago Macieira wrote:
>> Or is there anything that protects Qt users (who want to distribute their >> software through the Apple App Store) from such infringement complain? >Don't infringe. How, other than using the commercial Qt license, or avoiding the Apple App Store and use the Cydia store? Are you saying there is a way to release software using Qt under the LGPL license in the App Store, without infringing? Thanks! Erwin On 21 February 2012 11:46, Erwin Coumans <erwin.coum...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Right, a commercial Qt license or using Cydia instead sound reasonable. > > The answer(s) in the original thread ( > http://lists.qt.nokia.com/pipermail/qt-interest/2011-September/035667.html) > didn't seem to address the issues between (L)GPL license and Apple App > Store properly. > Thanks! > Erwin > > > > On 21 February 2012 11:32, Jason H <scorp...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Get a commercial license? >> >> Or have a developer friend side-load it for you. Thanks to Apple's DRM >> we'll see install clubs and piracy take off again. Or use Cydia. >> <http://cydia.saurik.com/> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Erwin Coumans <erwin.coum...@gmail.com> >> *To:* interest@qt-project.org >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:05 PM >> *Subject:* [Interest] Protection against a VLC-like enforcement: a Qt >> developers could send an infringement complaint about software distributed >> through he Apple App Store, and Apple pulling the software? >> >> I have some concerns regarding the LGPL license, statically linked in an >> application distributed through the Apple App Store. >> This was previously discussed here, but it ignore the a part of the LGPL >> license about not imposing further restrictions: >> http://lists.qt.nokia.com/pipermail/qt-interest/2011-September/035667.html >> >> Apple's Terms of Service impose restrictive limits on use and >> distribution for any software distributed through the App Store, and the >> GPL and LGPL doesn't allow that. >> From the LGPL license: "You may not impose any further restrictions on >> the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein." >> See >> http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement >> >> It seems that if any Qt developer would send an infringement complaint to >> software distributed through he Apple App Store, Apple would pull the >> software, just like they did with the VLC player. >> (http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/vlc-enforcement) >> >> Do we just need to trust the Qt developers they won't do this? >> Or is there anything that protects Qt users (who want to distribute their >> software through the Apple App Store) from such infringement complain? >> Thanks, >> Erwin >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Interest mailing list >> Interest@qt-project.org >> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest >> >> >> >
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