[Development] Updating the licence policy for Qt Project

[Jake Petroules]

On 2014-08-22, at 06:13 AM, Knoll Lars <Lars.Knoll at digia.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 22/08/14 11:32, "Jake Petroules" <jake.petroules at petroules.com> wrote:
>> 
>> What makes the iOS App Store different from the others?
> 
> Microsoft has added explicit exception clauses for FOSS software in their
> terms. To quote 
> (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh694058.aspx):
> 
> "Your license terms must also not conflict with the Standard Application
> License Terms, in any way, except if you include FOSS, your license terms
> may conflict with the limitations set forth in Section 3 of the Standard
> Application License Terms, but only to the extent required by the FOSS
> that you use."
> 
> 
> Google play has this term in section 5.4
> (https://play.google.com/intl/ALL_us/about/developer-distribution-agreement
> .html):
> 
> "5.4 You grant to the user a non-exclusive, worldwide, and perpetual
> license to perform, display, and use the Product on the Device. If you
> choose, you may include a separate end user license agreement (EULA) in
> your Product that will govern the user's rights to the Product in lieu of
> the previous sentence."
> 
> 
> So both are actually rather friendly to open source, as Google gives you
> enough flexibility in your licensing terms, and Microsoft explicitly
> removes restrictions that would conflict with your usage of open source
> software contained in the product.
> 
> Apple has restrictions, but no exceptions for open source software.
> 
> Cheers,
> Lars
> 


Did you know vendors can add a custom license agreement for their applications in iTunes Connect?

IANAL either, but have a look at Apple's requirements for custom EULAs; not sure if this changes the situation any:

http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/minterms/ (App Store)
http://www.apple.com/legal/macapps/dev/minterms/ (Mac App Store)
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