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You could likely ask Apple to take down Saudi Arabia's version as a violation of your copyrights, and a violation of the license under which you offered your cr
by gojomo 7y ago
You could likely ask Apple to take down Saudi Arabia's version as a violation of your copyrights, and a violation of the license under which you offered your creation.
It's the FSF's position that Apple App Store distribution necessarily includes extra restrictions that violate the GPL:
https://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance https://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance
So, while your "no commercial use" addition itself contradicted the GPL, the GPL itself, if relied upon as the governing license, may give you enough ammo to lodge a complaint.
- orasis 7y agoIf this app is providing value to the Saudi people it would be unethical to take it down. We’re talking about lives vs an authors pride.
- dependenttypes 7y agoWe are also talking about freedom and privacy for the population Saudi people, which extends to lives being potentially harmed - homosexuality is still illegal in Saudi Arabia after all.
- gojomo 7y agoThere are many other sources for the same info, to satisfy curiosity & impress upon Saudis the urgency of the situation. Poking the KSA government's public health bureaucracy to better cooperate with others, & honestly acknowledge the work of outsiders rather than stealing it to create a false sense of their own internal competence, might best serve the health of the Saudi people in the long run.