These aren't examples of Apple unilaterally removing GPL'd apps, these were examples where the creator contacted Apple with demands and Apple complied by removi

These aren't examples of Apple unilaterally removing GPL'd apps, these were examples where the creator contacted Apple with demands and Apple complied by removing the apps. The GPL issues are more to do with GPL fans being overly pedantic about the license. The source code can be shared outside the app store, the only thing the app store build/signature is doing is baking in the app store wrappers which aren't adding extra functionality. By this logic, distributing a signed build of a GPL app would violate the license.