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Would be cool ta have FOSS iOS apps made with this.
by thomasfl 11y ago
Would be cool ta have FOSS iOS apps made with this.
- orange_county 11y agoThere is one in progress and should hopefully be done by the end of the summer https://github.com/dvor/antidote https://github.com/dvor/antidote
- cbsmith 11y agoWe basically have this stuff with Signal: https://whispersystems.org/ https://whispersystems.org/
- yellowapple 11y agoPart of the issue is that both uTox and toxcore are GPLv3'd, which forbids "TiVoization" (and therefore makes it legally difficult to release on, say, the App Store). A more permissive license would make that more plausible.
- belorn 11y agoWhile TiVoization would be a problem in the App Store, but its actually all the other details regarding the App Store which really prohibits using them for distribution. First off, the App Store agreement explicitly prohibit users to further distribute any software which is distributed through the store. This makes any "copyleft" licenses a no-deal in there since distribution is a defining attribute of those licenses. Second, as a matter of policy, Apple forbids developers to put any GPL software in the store. If you would dare to break the App Store agreement and the apple policy for developer, then at that point GPLv3 TiVoization clause would indeed make it further legally difficult. I would however be more concerned about being chased by apple's lawyers, so as a general advice I would be careful and make sure that any licensed software you upload is compatible with both the agreement and policy. It doesn't matter if it is permissive, copyleft, or closed source.