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Re:Apple Claims Mogenerator's Methods by lnanek2 on Saturday April 12, 2014 @07:13PM (#7579558)
Why do you think the GPL matters? This is MIT licensed and the GPL is incompatible with the app store anyway, so no one can use it. See the removal of VLC.
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Re:Apple Claims Mogenerator's Methods by eurleif on Saturday April 12, 2014 @07:19PM (#7579572)
>the GPL is incompatible with the app store anyway

This project works on OS X, not just iOS.

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Re:Apple Claims Mogenerator's Methods by kennywinker on Saturday April 12, 2014 @08:47PM (#7579738)
The issue is with the App Store. Apple can't ban you from using a "private" selector on the Mac, but they can ban you from using a "private" selector on the Mac App Store.
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Re:Apple Claims Mogenerator's Methods by eurleif on Saturday April 12, 2014 @09:41PM (#7579844)
Right, but presumably they want to have one library that can be used both in projects built for the app store and in projects not built for the app store.
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Re:Apple Claims Mogenerator's Methods by coldtea on Saturday April 12, 2014 @08:03PM (#7579641)
"This is MIT licensed"
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Re:Apple Claims Mogenerator's Methods by eurleif on Saturday April 12, 2014 @08:09PM (#7579658)
Right, and the MIT license is GPL compatible, so people can incorporate this project into GPL projects. But they're considering adding anti-Apple restrictions to their license, which would make it GPL incompatible.
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Re:Apple Claims Mogenerator's Methods by coldtea on Saturday April 12, 2014 @08:50PM (#7579753)
So? Why should the developers care about GPL projects?
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Re:Apple Claims Mogenerator's Methods by streptomycin on Saturday April 12, 2014 @09:43PM (#7579848)
The MIT license is typically used by people who want their code to be broadly used.
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