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Apple not providing LGPL webkit source code
Harald Welte notes
that Apple has not been releasing the source code for the company's latest
releases of Webkit, which is LGPL licensed software. "I think it is
time that Apple gets their act together and becomes more straight-forward
with LGPL compliance. It is not acceptable to delay the source code release
for 8 weeks after shipping a LGPL licensed software. Especially not, if you
have already demonstrated in the past that you are well aware of the
obligations and have a process and a website to release the corresponding
source code under the license conditions." (Thanks to Paul Wise)
Update: this situation would appear to be resolved for now. (Log in to post comments)
Apple not providing LGPL webkit source code Posted May 9, 2011 21:24 UTC (Mon) by hpp (guest, #4756) [Link]
Available as of today: http://opensource.apple.com/release/ios-43/
letter or spirit? Posted May 10, 2011 20:20 UTC (Tue) by eean (guest, #50420) [Link]
Are they breaking the letter or the spirit of the LGPL?
If the Webkit they release is just whats in the public source repo, its hard to get excited. (Though I'm glad someone does.)
...but if they are delaying the source code release to gain some competitive advantage over Google, obviously thats another thing entirely.
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