[Bf-committers] Blender on the Mac App Store

Alex Fraser adfries at vpac.org
Fri Jul 22 02:16:56 CEST 2011


----- Original Message -----
> On 07/22/2011 12:54 AM, J. wrote:
> > [...]
> >  From the Adium Mailing list:
> >
> > "In the current agreement for the App Store - on all platforms -
> > there are several provisions which restrict distribution. These are
> > incompatible with the GPL.

Right. The problem, as I understand it, is that section 6 of the GPLv2 states "You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein", but the App Store imposes further restrictions. See:

    http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement

Cheers,
Alex


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