https://beancount.io/ advertises a mobile app in both the apple & google app stores.
On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 1:43 PM Vishesh Handa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > I've noticed that one of the Goals with Beancount v3 is compatibility > with other languages, by using protobufs. This is great, however, are > there any plans to move away from a *GPL license? > > I've been meaning to make a proper mobile front-end for Beancount, > which would be integrated with Git, based on the code from another > project of mine [1]. However, given that I want to ship this in iOS > where GPL licenses can be problematic [2] [3], I wouldn't want to take > the risk, even if Martin and all publicly state that it's fine. > > So far, I've been reimplementing the subset of Beancount v2 format > that I use in Dart but this comes into the question of the API being > copyrightable. At some point, maybe I'll need to explicitly not > support the beancount format to not infringe on the license. > > So, is there any chance we could change the license? I checked and the > "new core" part of Beancount with the protobufs only has Martin as a > contributor, so that part should be straightforward, and that way I > can easily test my parser by making it generate the same protobufs. > > -- > Vishesh Handa > > [1] https://gitjournal.io > [2] > https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/9500/is-apple-allowed-to-distribute-gplv3-licensed-software-through-its-ios-app-store > [3] https://www.zdnet.com/article/no-gpl-apps-for-apples-app-store/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAOPTMKAo8t1X0FKi18ktmaKtYV8w4Xzikn48efXjOm_pYGEpvA%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- "Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning." -- The Dread Pirate Roberts -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAOQmnQGumqA4Wq%2Btbj%3DqsngtT%3DZ5u1ja4pL_Rn8f%2BTD-4Ot%2Byw%40mail.gmail.com.
