Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client

Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by andai on Friday January 22, 2021 @11:22AM (#25872992)

With such a commitment to free software, isn't it a bit ironic they ported it to Windows?

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by Macha on Friday January 22, 2021 @11:26AM (#25873026)

Anyone can build and run their own software on Windows, so distributing software for Windows is not a GPL violation, whereas distributing iOS apps via the app store runs afoul of the anti-tivo clauses in GPL3

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by mywittyname on Friday January 22, 2021 @11:29AM (#25873076)

No, it's not ironic. Windows imposes no such limitation on developers. Microsoft certainly doesn't assume exclusive rights to distribution of every piece of software that can be installed on Windows.

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by moistbar on Friday January 22, 2021 @11:26AM (#25873038)

If Windows doesn't impose those restrictions, it makes more sense to port it there than to MacOS.

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