2011-03-02, 10:04
topfs2 Wrote:We would never make anything closed source official, that makes no sense.
And no, it does not matter if its available on cydia or not, it is still not acceptable to GPL in normal app store. The GPL license is available online I suggest reading it through.
EDIT: http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vl...77486.html
Ok, just read that post.
Appstore may not be fully GPL compatible distribution chanel. Still, if you post GPL source code on Git and make it also available through alternate distribution chanel (cydia) all should be fine. Rectrictions you're mentioning apply to particular way of distribution and does not imply product has to be closed source. Sure, you can't alter what you downloaded from Appstore but you would be free to pull it from Git without restriction, fork it, and submit it to Appstore as a different app if you like, provided you post your forked source without restriction elsewhere.