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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by sascha_sl on Friday February 01, 2019 @04:58AM (#19052916)
Yes; and what a lot of people omit is that if you have the full copyright to a GPL'd piece of software (because you don't accept contributions without extra license/assignment), you can publish it to the app store.

Why do you think Wesnoth is on iOS?

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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by saagarjha on Friday February 01, 2019 @05:22AM (#19053052)
> Yes; and what a lot of people omit is that if you have the full copyright to a GPL'd piece of software (because you don't accept contributions without extra license/assignment), you can publish it to the app store.

In this case, you're effectively dual-licensing your software.

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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by simion314 on Friday February 01, 2019 @05:28AM (#19053079)
That is not related to GPL, yes you can use a different license, that is not the point, the point is there are many libraries and programs under GPL that can't be used on restrictive stores and it is a shame.
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