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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by heavyset_go on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:29AM (#25108741)
> Also, apple's app store is famously LGPL-incompatible.

If you're shipping a proprietary application that links to LGPL libraries in accordance to the license, that's fine.

It's GPL applications that the App Store bans.

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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by est31 on Monday November 16, 2020 @04:16AM (#25109713)
Not a lawyer but LGPLv3 contains the anti tivoization rule, which might cause issues with the mandatory signing.
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