Re:Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacemen...
by JellyYelly on Friday August 01, 2014 @06:45PM
(#8123231)
Any chance of an iOS client any time soon?
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Re:Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacemen...
by notsecure on Friday August 01, 2014 @07:01PM
(#8123284)
Not any time soon, as iOS isn't very FLOSS friendly (in fact, the GPL is not compatible with the Apple app store). There have been talks of making a licensing exception, but the iOS client with the most progress (https://github.com/Jman012/Toxicity) isn't functional at the moment.
Re:Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacemen...
by volitek on Friday August 01, 2014 @07:17PM
(#8123354)
I believe there's someone working on a completely different iOS client that looks pretty snazzy, but they haven't got any public code in their repo yet.
Re:Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacemen...
by f3llowtraveler on Friday August 01, 2014 @07:48PM
(#8123448)
MPLv2 is compatible with both the GPL and the App Store.
Re:Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacemen...
by JellyYelly on Friday August 01, 2014 @07:17PM
(#8123355)
Oh, that's a shame. Hopefully in the future there will be an iOS client.
Re:Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacemen...
by davexunit on Saturday August 02, 2014 @11:40AM
(#8125086)
Ask Apple to change their policy to allow copyleft software.
Re:Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacemen...
by duskwuff on Saturday August 02, 2014 @12:01PM
(#8125142)
It has nothing to do with Apple's policy. The GPL is what's getting in the way: it says you can't impose restrictions on the redistribution of a GPLed application, and the App Store doesn't have any means to even permit redistribution of apps once they're installed.
Re:Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacemen...
by ginko on Saturday August 02, 2014 @12:29PM
(#8125202)
Seems like the App Store's problem.
Re:Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacemen...
by Ridley on Saturday August 02, 2014 @09:26PM
(#8126676)
Google play store doesn't have that problem.
Re:Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacemen...
by belorn on Sunday August 03, 2014 @11:01AM
(#8128079)
Apple sells products which they have decided to retain control over after sale.
That is Apple's choice, Apple's policy, Apple's decision. It also conflict with a lot of things, including the GPL.