> I want recipients of my software to receive all the benefits that I have > received. I want them to be able to mod, share and experiment with the > software, and this is reflected in my preference for the GPL.
As a direct result of me spending more than 8 months fulltime working on the iPhone port and publishing the source code, many other iPhone projects have benefited from my work, not to mention improvements which can be used for other Wesnoth branches such as Android, or backported to the trunk. I think the spirit of GPL very much comes through in the iPhone port. > It's not really relevant *how* people are prevented from doing so, except > to the questions "Does it matter?" and "Can I do anything to prevent it?". The only thing you are accomplishing is making me rewrite your code. Damn you, selfish one! > So, does it matter? As a software developer, a machine on which the owner > cannot choose what software to create and run is anathema. As a free > software developer, a machine which restricts free software is particularly > disturbing. As a software developer and believer in the spirit of GPL, a developer that says "my GPL code should not be run on such-a-such device" is anathema. If you didn't realize, GPL code is used in plenty of closed devices, so this is not really an issue as far as the GPL is concerned. There is nothing legally restricting you from modifying the source code and redistributing it, the only point of contention is the EULA of the binary that you download from the AppStore. Yes, legally Apple can not impose further restrictions on your use of Wesnoth that you downloaded, and we don't want them to. The intended EULA information (GPL) is displayed in the game and should take precedence over any default Apple EULA (that is not specifically agreed to when you download this particular app). So instead of making a scene and complaining about their platform (which is not the legal issue here) can't you just assume that the GPL license can not be legally overridden by Apple's EULA, and thus is in fact not? Kyle _______________________________________________ Wesnoth-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev
