*shrug* ultimately it is up to the developers.<div><br></div><div>As far as I can tell GPL'd code is perfectly compatible with iOS.</div><div>The VideoLan Organization seems perfectly happy to offer VLC for iOS under GPL</div>
<div><a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html">http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html</a></div><div><br></div><div> There seems to be some dispute over the App Store License agreement with respect to the 5 device limit and digital rights management and compatibility with GPL,</div>
<div>although it seems more of a philosophical dispute. </div><div><br></div><div>Besides, not sure there is any reason except for advertising and marketing to actually put QGIS in the App Store.</div><div><br></div><div>
mars</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Noli Sicad <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nsicad@gmail.com">nsicad@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">> unless iOS changes it's license policy, this won't happen. iOS and GPL<br>
> are incompatible.<br>
<br>
</div><div class="im">More on this topic.<br>
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WordPress for iOS is GPL<br>
<a href="http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/topic/using-gpled-code-in-an-iphone-app" target="_blank">http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/topic/using-gpled-code-in-an-iphone-app</a><br>
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iPhone port (iOS) of GNU Go. GNU Go is GPL.<br>
<a href="http://lgustavomartins.wordpress.com/tag/ios/" target="_blank">http://lgustavomartins.wordpress.com/tag/ios/</a><br>
<br>
</div>iOS is best using LGPL. JFYI, Spatialite, GEOS, Proj4 librariers work in iOS<br>
<div class="im"><br>
GPL and Mac Store for OS X<br>
<a href="http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/6109/is-it-possible-to-have-gpl-software-in-the-mac-app-store" target="_blank">http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/6109/is-it-possible-to-have-gpl-software-in-the-mac-app-store</a><br>
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iOS App Store and GPL.<br>
<a href="http://michelf.com/weblog/2011/gpl-ios-app-store/" target="_blank">http://michelf.com/weblog/2011/gpl-ios-app-store/</a><br>
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Noli<br>
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