Re: [xmlvm-users] Publishing XMLVM applications

[Leo I. <leo...@gm...>]

I have good news. I think that the apple app store licence doesn't have
restrictions on where the source code comes from (but I'm not sure).

Question: Does source code created with XMLVM have to be licensed under
LGPL? The question becomes a fact of whether any code created with xmlvm
counts as a derivative work. My guess would be that we could bend it and say
no. Because the code would have been written by the developer, it was from
scratch. XMLVM just converted it (from java to c/objective-c) so it wasn't
derived from XMLVM, it was just a component of it. i.e. If I write a
front-end to a library, then that's derivative. But if I just use one thing
in an unrelated program (such as zlib in a word processor) then the
unrelated program (the processor) would not be derived from the used code
(zlib). This is ok because we are using LGPL, so this theory applies. As
long as developers of xmlvm don't go ahead and sue users of xmlvm for not
licensing xmlvm-converted code under LGPL (which they shouldn't be able to
do anyway) then I think we should be fine.

On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Sascha Haeberling <sa...@gm...> wrote:

> Dear community,
>
> in a recent discussion the question about licensing and Apple AppStore
> conditions was raised. We understand that this is an important topic for our
> community, so we want to let you know that we are motivated to do everything
> possible so that developers do not need to fear any negative consequences
> from using XMLVM.
>
> As you know, last year we decided to abandon the GPL license in favor of
> the much more liberal LGPL license to make it easier for you to publish your
> application to the Apple AppStore and other platforms. If we find that
> changing our license again or other measures are needed to enable you to
> publish your application, we will take action so you don't need to worry.
>
> We want you to know that we, the XMLVM core team, strive to enable you, the
> applications developers, to publish your apps wherever you want. After all,
> you are the ones we are building XMLVM for.
>
> Sascha, on behalf of the XMLVM team
>
>
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