<story><title>GPL Enforcement in Apple&apos;s App Store</title><url>http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jwr</author><text>The FSF should take a more active role in GPL violations overall. This is by far not the only one. See for example how Drobo completely ignores requests for source code, while spreading FUD about proprietary drivers:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.drobospace.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=935&amp;#38;pid=6816&amp;#38;highlight=gpl#pid6816&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.drobospace.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=935&amp;#38;...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m not a fan of bashing Apple at every occasion, but a shakedown of phone software licensing would not hurt — it would actually clarify the situation (both for iPhone OS and Android) and perhaps force companies to change the terms of service somewhat.&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: I double-checked and since my last request they actually posted an E-mail address where you can supposedly request the code. I did request the code and I&apos;m waiting to see what happens.&lt;p&gt;Also, for those who think this is fanaticism: I&apos;m doing this, because the DroboShare is unreliable and lost my data by corrupting the entire Drobo volume. I need the code, because I want to check whether Drobo actually improved the Linux HFS+ code or not (I suspect not).</text></comment>
<story><title>GPL Enforcement in Apple&apos;s App Store</title><url>http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pierrefar</author><text>What I don&apos;t like about this post is that they explicitely say &lt;i&gt;The primary problem is that Apple imposes numerous legal restrictions on use and distribution of GNU Go through the iTunes Store Terms of Service, which is forbidden by section 6 of GPLv2.&lt;/i&gt; I&apos;d like to see them enumerate these legal restrictions and explain how they contravene the GPL. Don&apos;t leave us guessing.&lt;p&gt;For reference, a copy of the GPL V2: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Section 6:&lt;i&gt;6.  Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients&apos; exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License.&lt;/i&gt;</text></comment>