From: Ian S. <ian...@fa...> - 2012-04-18 19:50:25
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On 2012-04-18, at 3:13 PM, Fabian Keil wrote: > Ian Silvester <ian...@fa...> wrote: > >> Prompted by a query from one of the folks who help test the OS X distro >> of Privoxy I've been investigating the practicality of creating a >> distribution for the iOS platform. This OS is derived from OS X and as >> such is BSD-like, so there don't appear to be any insurmountable >> challenges involved. >> >> The reason I bring it up here is that we would not be able to host the >> distribution at Sourceforge. > > Why wouldn't we be able to do this? Simply because the average jailbreak user does not expect to have to copy a .deb to their phone and install it; the de facto method is via the Cydia package manager. >> Indeed, we would not be able to submit it >> to Apple's App Store either, since the code contravenes many of their >> dictates. Instead the release would target only so-called 'jailbroken' >> iPhones (those that have had the built-in code-signing disabled), and >> would be distributed through Cydia (the 'jailbreak app store'). > > If that makes more sense from a user's perspective I see nothing > wrong with this. > >> So far as toolchain goes its basically the same as for OS X. What I have >> yet to confirm is whether I'd require any libraries that are available >> only through the $99 iPhone Developer license; if so then, as I >> understand it, I'd no longer be in compliance with the GPL. > > In case of binary distribution that's my interpretation as well. > If the proprietary libraries aren't shipped with the operating system > they aren't covered by §3's "special exception", how much they cost > doesn't matter. Okay, so if this does turn out to be the case then the fallback position would be a 'source' distribution, wherein we supply the appropriate makefile etc. to allow users to build an installer for themselves. The point would be moot anyway since I don't have the Developer License and am not going to buy one just for this project! I'll report back on my findings in due course, Ian >> That aside, does anyone have any objection if I were to go ahead with >> such a project and, when complete, check in the build module to the >> Sourceforge project? > > No objections from me, assuming SourceForge's ToS allow it. > >> To be clear we're breaking no laws in any of this - >> there are those that might argue that the iPhone owners do so when they >> jailbreak their phones, but even that is not the case in at least the >> United States, the one territory where to my knowledge it has been >> challenged in law. > > Jailbreaking is considered legal in Germany as well, additionally > the legal responsibility isn't shared (here) anyway, but remains > with the individual developer/distributor. > >> So, comments, thoughts anyone? > > If you are interested in maintaining another package, go for it. > The more the merrier. > > Fabian > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to > monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second > resolution app monitoring today. Free. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev_______________________________________________ > Ijbswa-developers mailing list > Ijb...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-developers |