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Any chance of an iOS client any time soon?

• notsecure 12y ago
  Not any time soon, as iOS isn't very FLOSS friendly (in fact, the GPL is not compatible with the Apple app store). There have been talks of making a licensing exception, but the iOS client with the most progress (https://github.com/Jman012/Toxicity https://github.com/Jman012/Toxicity) isn't functional at the moment.
  • volitek 12y ago
    I believe there's someone working on a completely different iOS client that looks pretty snazzy, but they haven't got any public code in their repo yet.
  • JellyYelly 12y ago
    Oh, that's a shame. Hopefully in the future there will be an iOS client.
    • davexunit 12y ago
      Ask Apple to change their policy to allow copyleft software.
      • duskwuff 12y ago
        It has nothing to do with Apple's policy. The GPL is what's getting in the way: it says you can't impose restrictions on the redistribution of a GPLed application, and the App Store doesn't have any means to even permit redistribution of apps once they're installed.
        • ginko 12y ago
          Seems like the App Store's problem.
        • Ridley 12y ago
          Google play store doesn't have that problem.
        • belorn 12y ago
          Apple sells products which they have decided to retain control over after sale. That is Apple's choice, Apple's policy, Apple's decision. It also conflict with a lot of things, including the GPL.
  • f3llowtraveler 12y ago
    MPLv2 is compatible with both the GPL and the App Store.