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Apple is hostile to open source. The Apple store terms of service are incompatible with GPL. And to develop applications you need to be using macOS on apple har
by ufo 10y ago
Apple is hostile to open source. The Apple store terms of service are incompatible with GPL. And to develop applications you need to be using macOS on apple hardware and you need to purchase a developer license as well.
- rimantas 10y agoApple is not hostile to open source. GPL you get wrong way around. While it is true that you need Mac, you don't need to purchase developer license to develop. Only to distribute through App Store.
- ufo 10y ago> GPL you get wrong way around What did you mean here? > Only to distribute through App Store. Which is a big deal, since by default iPhones are locked down and can only install things from the app store.
- pvg 10y agoYou can install on your own phone straight from Xcode. You don't need to pay Apple for that.
- rahimnathwani 10y agoBut the app will only work for 7 days before you have to re-install, unless you have an active paid developer account.
- kalleboo 10y agoVLC got around the GPL incompatibility by dual-licensing their code with the Mozilla Public License
- ufo 10y agoI don't think re-licensing under a more permissive license really counts here...