> Many apps in the app store violate these requirements. Ah. So the problem is that someone may act illegally? That's always been the case, since the dawn of t

> Many apps in the app store violate these requirements. Ah. So the problem is that someone may act illegally? That's always been the case, since the dawn of time. If you're going to develop some open source software, of course there is a risk to you that someone may copy it and not follow the license. But there's significantly greater risk to the person copying, correct? If it's a crime (is it?) they risk having a criminal record and all that. So, there's nothing new here, no new risks that open source developers haven't been facing since always, and nothing at all unique about this situation. In fact, it's probably a lot better now since you have a single source to contact (the app store owner) to let them know there is a TOS violation and illegal content on their site. In previous times, there may have been no recourse (say, the copier has hosted the content on a Russian domain; you've got nowhere to turn). All in all, it seems the situation for open source developers is significantly better than it ever has been regarding illegal copying of their software.