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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by anonymousab on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:02PM (#33976600)
Apple's review process and their rules about the kind of apps and code that are allowed to run? Heck, do they even allow GPLv2 and GPLv3 apps on the app store?
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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by Someone on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:34PM (#33977103)
It doesn’t matter whether they do. The anti-tivoization clause in the GPLv3 license (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#Tivoization) forbids developers from selling iOS apps that contain GPLv3-licensed software (the situation w.r.t. GPLv2 is less clear)
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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by thayne on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @08:20PM (#33978773)
I don't think that would apply if it is possible to compile the app yourself and install your modified version by side loading it.
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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by saagarjha on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @06:08PM (#33977570)
Not really the problem.
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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by heavyset_go on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:36AM (#33980704)
It would violate the terms of those licenses for Apple to distribute binaries in the same manner that they currently are.
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