Shahrokh is working on a new release of the expr family of objects (0.5) I'm copying him here, and I wouldn't know what his restrictions or issues would be regarding the license. Maybe if properly discussed with him, we could find a way to choose a license that is suitable for the libpd apps.
I agree that expr is essencial and such limitation would be bad for Pd apps. cheers 2015-11-07 17:24 GMT-02:00 Scott R. Looney <[email protected]>: > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >
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