App store licensing hinders OSS growth

“Kim Weins, senior vice president of products and marketing at
OpenLogic, a software vendor that provides support and governance
for open source software, also said in the survey report that many
mobile and tablet developers may not have a complete picture of the
open source agreement they are using and the requirements of these
licenses. This, in turn, will have ‘real-world implications’, he
said.

“For example, Weins pointed out that the Free Software
Foundation has stated that GNU General Public License (GPL) and
Apple’s iTunes licensing agreement are not compatible. This has
resulted in several apps based on GPL to be pulled from the store,
while Google has also received takedown requests for Android Market
apps that have violated GPL rules, he noted.”

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