Google and OpenSource apps

[Richard Gaskin]

J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 11/23/20 11:59 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
>> The issue with deploying apps governed specifically by the Gnu Public License (GPL, which is 
>> used for LC Community distribution) has to do with Apple's limitation on the number of 
>> downloads per account.
>> 
>> That restriction is viewed as rendering Apple's ToS logically incompatible with the freedoms 
>> guaranteed in the GPL, which expressly require no limitations on usage. 
> 
> 
> The restriction is only for the number of beta testers though. Is that enough to qualify for 
> the restriction?

The issue was with customer accounts, not dev accounts, which IIRC are 
restricted to a 10-device limit.

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