Hi Scott,There was nothing at all dark in their response, nor any attempt to
sway me away from walled gardens. I asked a technical question and they gave
me answer.
-Jonathan
On Saturday, November 7, 2015 2:26 PM, Scott R. Looney
<[email protected]> wrote:
thanks Jonathan. this is what i assumed re LGPL when i saw a discussion about
using fluidsynth in a build, which has a LGPL variant but not anything more
permissive. so one question would be if anyone here on the list had a paid app
rejected or accepted on the App Store due to using an LGPL license? expr and
expr~ are very useful for a variety of things but for now i'm not using them
due to this offchance.
i would further guess that FSF's exact words on LGPL were probably pretty dark
on using the iTunes Store in general. i've seen some announcements from them in
the past that made it clear how they feel about walled gardens.
best,scott
On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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