Re: [xmlvm-users] GPL and iPhone AppStore

[Sascha H. <sa...@xm...>]

I didn't see a question in you e-mail, but I try to comment on what you say:

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:49 PM, George Smith <ge...@sn...> wrote:

>
> We (I and my two partners) are new to xmlvm and have not YET submitted any
> patches, but intend to.
>
> It is my understanding that the GPL is about the Personal freedom to see
> what the developer is doing on YOUR machine and the ability to change that.
>

The GPL is about contributing code back to the OpenSource, if you make use
of GPL code yourself. It's nothing about looking at other people's machines
:)


>
> No place, to my knowledge, does the GPL say that the developer must help
> (or
> even facilitate) others redistributing the application.
>

No, GPL doesn't say that.


>
> Currently, all the apps we plan on creating are going to be free, and
> therefore we have no concern of an unscrupulous development org under
> cutting us by simply taking the code we will publish and redistributing the
> app at a lower price.
>

If you plan to OpenSource the apps you are generating using XMLVM, that
don't worry about anything, you can just do so. :)

// Sascha


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