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I think GPLv3 is perfect in this scenario. There's no reason why you can't integrate it with a proprietary application or distribute it on iOS -- just purchase
by clarkevans 13y ago
I think GPLv3 is perfect in this scenario. There's no reason why you can't integrate it with a proprietary application or distribute it on iOS -- just purchase a proprietary license exception from the authors.
- ig1 13y agoThey don't seem to have copyright assignment from third party contributors so they wouldn't have the legal ability to do that.
- skrebbel 13y agoWoa, that's a big big problem, then.
- thaumasiotes 13y agoHypothetically, if someone integrated this into their own proprietary app with hidden code under a proprietary license... how would you know it hadn't been compromised?
- hrjet 13y agoOpen-source isn't very different from closed-source in terms of security unless users compile from source. Even in the case of the original app, most people are downloading a pre-compiled binary from the Play store, which has a similar security concern.