Hi,

Am 12.03.2012 um 06:27 schrieb Tankred Hase:

> Hi guys,
> 
> one concern I have about the distribution of OpenPGP.js in a PhoneGap 
> application, is that the (L)GPL seems to be incompatible with Apple App Store 
> terms (see removal of VLC player from App Store).
> 
> 

It is incompatible but if you don't go out and make a big fuzz about it, as one 
of the VLC devs did, then
Apple will allow it, if the app itself complies with their rules. There are a 
lot of open source apps in the app store
right now, the best example is the wordpress app.
> Do you think it would be possible to provide OpenPGP.js under a dual license 
> (LGPL + MIT) similar to what jQuery does? This would of course require all 
> contributors to agree to a relicensing, but would make it possible to use the 
> library in an iOS PhoneGap app, potentially easing adoption for other 
> projects.
> 
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Tankred
> 

Best,

Lukas

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