On Jun 22, 2011, at 23:59:11, Alessandro Volz wrote: > OsiriX is LGPL and is on the mac app store.
Doesn't matter. If a license conflicts with Mac App Store terms, then there are two ways the app can get excluded: 1. Apple takes notice and removes the app. (So far, I'm not aware of this having happened… yet.) 2. Somebody who contributed to the project takes notice and sends Apple a DMCA takedown demand, and Apple removes the app. (VLC) I haven't read the LGPL myself, but if what Chris says is correct, that Apple's usage restrictions conflict with a provision in the LGPL (as they do with a provision in GPLv3), then all OsiriX's presence in the App Store means is that nobody has noticed, or nobody cares about, the conflict. If a conflict exists, any app published under a conflicting license—or any app that includes code published under a conflicting license—has its days numbered in the App Store. Either Apple will remove the app on their own (if they decide to start doing that) or somebody will demand that they remove it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
