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This has already been discussed at length, the reason Apple's Appstore terms is incompatible with GPL is because the 'App Store' restricts the number of copies
by gillianseed 15y ago
This has already been discussed at length, the reason Apple's Appstore terms is incompatible with GPL is because the 'App Store' restricts the number of copies you can make of the downloaded binary while GPL explicitly allows you to make as many copies as you want.
Microsoft's store allows GPL software (and other open source) by simply saying that when it comes to open source software the oss licence will take precedence over Microsoft's own licence terms.
- rbanffy 15y agoGood. That's a simple and elegant solution.
- lambda 15y agoRight. The Android Market works the same way. The problem with Apple's App Store rules is that it's their way or the highway. There is no way to grant your users more freedom than the App Store does. This, coupled with the fact that you can't install apps other than from the App Store on an iPhone (without jailbreaking your phone or paying extra money to be a developer and building them yourself), is why I will never own an iPhone (at least until they fix those problems).