[Qgis-psc] PSC Meeting March

[Tim Sutton]

Hi



> On 15 Mar 2020, at 13:08, Saber Razmjooei <saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jurgen,
> 
> Indeed, the last time the same subject came up, there was a discussion around practicality of getting all the developers' consent with the proposed changes to the licenses.
> 
> In terms of the App Store, they do not have restrictions of distributing GPLed software and there are already a number of GPLed apps there. See for example 
> https://apps.apple.com/us/app/subsurface-mobile/id1093217161 <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/subsurface-mobile/id1093217161>
> https://github.com/Subsurface-divelog/subsurface/blob/master/LICENSE <https://github.com/Subsurface-divelog/subsurface/blob/master/LICENSE>

"A bit of background:

In fall of 2011, when a forced lull in kernel development gave him a chance to start a new project, Linux creator Linus Torvalds decided to tackle his frustration with the lack of decent divelog software on Linux.
Linus worked with a team of developers, and Subsurface is the result. It now supports Linux, Windows and MacOS and allows data import from many dive computers and several existing divelog programs. It provides a quick and easy way to see the key information provided by a modern dive computer and lets users track a wide variety of data about their dives. In fall of 2012 Dirk Hohndel took over as Subsurface maintainer.
License: GPLv2”

There are many other GPL apps in the App Store too.

Regards

Tim



 




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Tim Sutton
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