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/
>
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