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FSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPLFSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPLPosted Jun 11, 2010 0:09 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)In reply to: FSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPL by ctwise Parent article: FSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPL
Apple [couldn't] care less what the licensing is for the source code.
Well, we're not talking about licensing of the source code. We're talking about licensing to copy the application (object code) file. No ordinary member of the public is licensed to distribute the GNU Go iphone application in the app store because the FSF hasn't given it's permission to copy stuff compiled from FSF's source code, except to those who meet conditions that you can't meet in the app store. But your point is still valid: if Apple isn't legally the one doing the copying, Apple has little reason to care whether Apple is licensed to copy. The Best Buy comparison was bizarre. There's nothing in common between making hundreds of copies of something and passing those out, as happens with the app store, and passing on a copy that was made by the publisher, as happens when Best Buy sells a box.
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