> As of about 2 years ago, expr and relatives are LGPL and thus compatible with
>the App Store.
I emailed the Free Software Foundation, who are the publishers of the LGPL.
They responded that the LGPL is not compatible with the restrictive terms of
Apple's app store.
I forgot to ask them in advance if I could publicly post their response. If
they say I can do so, I'll post their actual response. But it sounded pretty
clear.
I suppose one could argue if it's a free app then who cares, and that the
copyright holders of expr (or even Apple) are extremely unlikely to create a
licensing fuss. But then that's the case whether expr is GPL, LGPL, or even
"don't use this to murder people with drones" license.
If you want to write/use open source software that's compatible with Apple's
app store, use the 3-clause BSD license.
-Jonathan
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