Re: [fluid-dev] Another application using FluidSynth announced

[David Henningsson]

On 09/15/2011 09:12 AM, Matt Giuca wrote:
>     Would the following text be suitable to put on the wiki, and
>     represent the sort-of consensus:
>
>     === iOS and the App Store ===
>
>     It is questionable whether iOS and the App Store can fulfil the
>     requirements of the LGPL. From a long thread on the fluid-dev
>     mailinglist [insert link to archive], it was concluded that the
>     developer distributing an application using FluidSynth must fulfil
>     the following conditions:
>
>       * He/she must release all changes to the FluidSynth source code
>     under the LGPL.
>       * He/she must release all other code of the application, either as
>     source or as linkable object files, so that an independent user can
>     relink the application with a different version of FluidSynth.
>
>     In addition, the App Store distribution mechanism might be
>     incompatible with the LGPL, so the developer risks that Apple
>     chooses to remove the application. To avoid that risk, the developer
>     can choose to distribute his application through e g Cydia.
>
>     The following FluidSynth copyright holders have agreed not to
>     actively raise complaints against FluidSynth App Store applications,
>     provided the above conditions are met:
>
>     Peter Hanappe
>     Josh "Element" Green
>     Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas
>     David Henningsson
>     Matt Guica
>
>
> Okay, I agree to have my name on that. Except it's "Giuca" not "Guica".
> (I guess it's a wiki so I can always change it.) :)

Sorry. As a matter of fact, the very day I misspelled your name, I got 
my own misspelled. Coincidence or karma? :-)

>     However FluidSynth has a lot of copyright holders, so the above is
>     NOT a guarantee that not any other FluidSynth contributor, or anyone
>     else, won't choose to raise a complaint against Apple for
>     distributing FluidSynth.
>
>
> "NOT a guarantee that any other" (remove the second occurrence of "not").

Ok, sentence reworked.

> It may also be prudent to add one or more of the following points:
>
>   * The FluidSynth developers are not responsible for any decision made
>     by Apple with regards to distribution of software via the App Store.

I think this is pretty obvious and does not need to be added.

>   * Regardless of the exact legality of releasing LGPL code on the App
>     Store, Apple is known to be conservative and remove software when in
>     doubt of its legal status (e.g., VLC was removed from the App Store
>     due to a complaint raised over its GPL license).

Ok, added a note in the second draft.

// David