Let me preface by emphasizing that IANAL, but I believe the issue isn't with the software vendor and is instead with the distribution platform (i.e Apple). The

Let me preface by emphasizing that IANAL, but I believe the issue isn't with the software vendor and is instead with the distribution platform (i.e Apple). The LGPLv3 mandates that users be allowed to modify the parts that are licensed by this license. The TOS of the Apple App Store explicitly disallows its users from modifying software they get from it, thereby running afoul of the LGPL. So this issue, as I understand it, is that neither the software vendor nor Apple have a license to distribute Qt on a platform that places additional restrictions on what the user may do with LGPL software. I think this is the reason why Apple removed VLC and other GPL software from their stores. Please correct me if I got this wrong.