Selling Krita through Apple AppStore

[Alex Sarmiento]

Sorry, i didn't meant to be harsh and  I don't have anything against Nokia people, they support great open source projects. But i am just an unhappy user who cannot  use VLC in the iPhone ;( for no reason, that's not freedom.

I just really want to spread this great software to other people, and the Apple AppStore is a such  great channel to do it!.
On Dec 9, 2011, at 3:46 AM, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:

> On 9 December 2011 02:24, Alex Sarmiento <alexsarmiento at me.com> wrote:
>> As far as i know, Apple never said that they pulled out the VLC App from the
>> AppStore because the GPL license was incompatible, nobody knows why was
>> pulled out .  Just because some idiotic Nokia employee doesn't like Apple
>> doesn't means that you can't publish GPL software in the AppStore
> 
> Please note, this attitude is not welcome here. I provided you link to facts.
> Calling people that actually co-develop software (Nokia contributes to
> Calligra a lot) idiots tells something about yourself. And yet it's
> the software that you intend to use and/or deploy.
> So please reconsider how you treat people. To achieve the goal one
> needs to figure out 'what it takes to put an App in the AppStore'
> first.
> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_App_Store
>> 
>> says
>> 
>> "Software licensed only under the GPL (because the App Store Terms of
>> Service impose additional restrictions incompatible with the GPL)[8][9]"
>> 
>> but if  you pay attention to those references [8] and [9]
>> http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement
>> http://adium.im/pipermail/devel_adium.im/2011-January/007973.html
>> 
>> You will notice that those are just personal opinions and obscure references
>> without any legal ground.
> 
> You have not provided any evidence that all the isses have 'no legal ground'.
> This suggests that the *GPL licenses have no meaning and application
> for you and instead you look at the licensing in a really liberal way.
> Even if only ONE issue is valid, distribution is not legal and *GPL
> says it's up to any author to request removal. In the example of VLC
> it was the author who used this very freedom. If anyone should be
> accused of doing any harm it's not the author using his own freedoms.
> 
> I give you one example: forcing non-commercial use for the software
> clearly breaks the license:
> 
> http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html
> 
> 
> "MAC APP STORE PRODUCT USAGE RULES
> 
> Except as otherwise set forth herein,
> 
> (i) If you are an individual acting in your personal capacity, you may
> download and use an application from the Mac App Store (“Mac App Store
> Product”) for personal, non-commercial use on any Apple-branded
> products running Mac OS X (“Mac Computer”) that you own or control. "
> 
> Generally, most of this list make me as published of a *GPL-derived
> product _breaking_ the license.
> 
>> There's another very popular GPL  app in the AppStore
>> http://mplayerx.org/
>> And I am sure that there is more GPL software.
> 
> Is this your 'legal ground' for you really this time?
> 
>> Please notice that  the  Apple Store is just another distribution channel
>> for the end user.  You can always share a link to the  the source code. You
>> can even pack a tarbal with the source codel inside the  Bundle (why not?).
> 
> The tarball will be then provided for non-commercial use...
> 
> PS: What is surprising and interesting that the new MS App Store would
> be far more open, since they prepared specific exception for open
> source products.
> It is not anybody fault out there that Apple haven't done the same
> when it is clearly possible.
> 
> -- 
> regards / pozdrawiam, Jaroslaw Staniek
>  http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
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