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That’s not a policy that can easily be changed. It’s a fundamental restriction of the entire system. There is no side loading on iOS devices unless you use a de
by Xylakant 6y ago
That’s not a policy that can easily be changed. It’s a fundamental restriction of the entire system. There is no side loading on iOS devices unless you use a developer account. And that’s not going to change.
- heavyset_go 6y agoThe issue with the GPL is not the limitations Apple put in place on their platform, but the additional terms required for distribution in the App Store. This is the reason cited by Adium[1] and VLC[2] developers when their projects were removed for GPL violations. You can read more about those terms here[2], but they have nothing to do with the iOS security model. [1] http://adium.im/pipermail/devel_adium.im/2011-January/007973.html http://adium.im/pipermail/devel_adium.im/2011-January/007973... [2] https://www.engadget.com/2011-01-09-the-gpl-the-app-store-and-you.html https://www.engadget.com/2011-01-09-the-gpl-the-app-store-an...
- Xylakant 6y agoI don’t see how the “mike gives a copy to Steve who can then run it on his iOS device” can be made to work without side loading (steve can already download his own free copy from the App Store). The FSF seems to argue that this must be possible to be compliant, so yeah, that’s my point.
- Dylan16807 6y agoIt wouldn't really affect Apple at all if they allow the sideloading of free apps that are already in the store.
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