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On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 02:28:17PM -0400, Craig Treleaven wrote:
> At 5:25 PM +0100 4/18/12, Simon Hobson wrote:
> >At 08:59 -0700 18/4/12, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> >>On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 07:18, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>.....
> >> > It's technically against the GPL to publish it on the App Store, but
> >>> there are plenty of applications that way..
> >>
> >>I have not followed the App Store offerings, and I am sure
> >>there are the "hidden exceptions", but I remember a number
> >>of "reports" that GPL'd apps in the App Store were being
> >>removed as they were identified.  Is that not still true?
> >
> >Yes, that has happened. If Apple spot that a program is under GPL
> >then it will be pulled<period>.
> >
> >And it's not "technically against the GPL", it is absolutely in
> >breach of the GPL. The author of an App for an iDevice is not able
> >to provide the source used to build the Apple as distributed. They
> >can provide the source to what they submit, but what is actually
> >distributed is different (Apple add the crippleware), and only
> >Apple can provide the source for the steps they apply (and I
> >suspect Satan will be trying out ice skating before they do that.)
> >
> >Whatever we might think of that, it's how it is and isn't likely
> >to change soon.
> 
> What "cripplware"?  Apps are digitally signed for security in the

    If you had a PC that you couldn't install your own software on, 
you would consider it crippled. Pretending that you are giving the
rubes a false sense of security simply doesn't require reducing 
capabilities for power users.

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