https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2023-04/msg00013.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2023-04/msg000... > Apple has been moving awa

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2023-04/msg00013.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2023-04/msg000... > Apple has been moving away from the direction of openness and toward absolute software and hardware control for a long long time, presumably proportional to the amount of market share they maintained at the time - i.e. embracing open standards and software as the little guy in the late 90s, stomping them out as much as possible now as a market leader. I sincerely hope this is not a surprise to anyone on this list. I don't think that's an unreasonable take. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store... > Apple's Terms of Service impose restrictive limits on use and distribution for any software distributed through the App Store, and the GPL doesn't allow that. This specific case involves other issues, but this is the one that's most unique and deserves explanation. Apple's desire for complete control over their walled garden is incompatible with the GPL.