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Jman012 / Toxicity

An iOS Tox client for the iPhone.
Apache License 2.0
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LICENSE issue #62

Open ReDetection opened 10 years ago

ReDetection commented 10 years ago

it seems, toxicity cannot distribute under apache license since toxcore (which is part of toxicity) is licensing under GPL. Refer this page for more info: http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html

(I really do not like GPL, and I'm very sad toxcore is licensed with GPL).

:(

Jman012 commented 10 years ago

Unfortunately I have no say on toxcore licensing matters. If there's a way around it I wouldn't know. I'm not too familiar with licensing.

ReDetection commented 10 years ago

okay, if you are open to new information, here you can find some: Nice and simple site made by github staff. It explains some popular licenses. Direct link for GPLv3 which is used in toxcore. Take a look at section 5.c, it describes that you have to license derivative as GPLv3 also unless you have license exception from toxcore team. GPL on Wikipedia may briefly explain a bit. Check it in your local language. irungentoo/toxcore#58 This huge thread tries to explain why toxcore is licensed under GPL terms.

Also, as far as I know, there is now way to distribute apps with GPL license in the Apple AppStore. The saddest thing! We should discuss this with toxcore team. I think they do not want to lose ios platform.