[PD] pd on ipad with externals

cyrille henry ch at chnry.net
Tue Aug 10 20:08:14 CEST 2010


see : http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance/

anyway, if artiste allow there work to be included in apple store, they agree to distribute it under a double licence : gpl and apple.
i'm not a legal expert, and not sure apple allow a double licensing.

cyrille

Le 10/08/2010 19:44, Andy Farnell a écrit :
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> I wasn't aware that Apple are doing this.
> This is interesting and important to me.
> Frank and I are two of the principle authors
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> the collection, all as GPL)
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> Every patch carries a prominent GPL notice.
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> Jonathan Wilkes<jancsika at yahoo.com>  wrote:
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>> --- On Tue, 8/10/10, Frank Barknecht<fbar at footils.org>  wrote:
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>>> From: Frank Barknecht<fbar at footils.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [PD] pd on ipad with externals
>>> To: pd-list at iem.at
>>> Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 12:53 PM
>>> Hi,
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>>> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 11:07:55AM +0100, João Pais
>>> wrote:
>>>> but to make patches run, they have to be programmed in
>>> vanilla,
>>>> right? and it's not possible to do reatime control
>>> like input
>>>> numbers, or anything more than the touchpad control?
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>>>> or is it possible to use pd-ext in the iphone or ipod
>>> maxi?
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>>> As Cyrille wrote, it's mostly a political issue: AppStore
>>> apps are
>>> tied to the device and officially only available through
>>> the AppStore.
>>> This is some kind of DRM and many people don't consider it
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>>> with the GPL, at least not with the latest version.
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>> More specifically, the FSF considers the GPL incompatible with the
>> ToS for the Itunes and App store:
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>> http://www.fsf.org/news/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement
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>>> To play it safe, the Pd in RjDj only contains the BSD parts
>>> of Pd, no
>>> [expr] etc. Some GPL stuff is included, like the rj
>>> library, but that's
>>> all written by Reality Jockey.
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>> What does authorship have to do with whether the Appstore ToS conflicts
>> with the GPL?
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>> -Jonathan
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