On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 15:54 -0500, Geoffrey Gallaway wrote:
Hey Alex, thanks for taking the time to write a great response to some
of my questions. I've responded to your points below. Please let me
know what you think.
I know this is a (very) old thread, but it may be worth resurrecting; it
seems that it is impossible to put a GPLv2 application into the Apple
App Store after all. Not because of the reasons I brought up in the
thread earlier, but due to the Terms of Service for Apple's App Store.
(In other words, you aren't breaking the GPL or Apple's agreements by
putting a GPLv2 app in the App Store, as has been discussed already; but
Apple is if they actually distribute the app to people.) The FSF have an
analysis at
<http://www.fsf.org/news/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-
gpl-enforcement>, with further links and information. (The issue is that when
selling/providing apps to people via the App Store, Apple puts restrictions on
the
ways in which you can use the app, which contradicts the last sentence of
section
6 of the GPLv2.)
Therefore, Enigma on the iPhone probably wouldn't be possible after all,
at least not via Apple's App Store.
--
ais523