Is anyone working on an iOS app?

Guido Lerch guido.lerch at gmail.com
Mon Oct 12 12:20:26 PDT 2015


Forgot ...
Which of the Android components for QT do I need to install ?
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2015-10-12 21:15 GMT+02:00 Guido Lerch <guido.lerch at gmail.com>:

> >>
> >
> > Which is a TON of work. This should be WAY easier and, as added benefit,
> > should give us two consistent mobile apps that will benefit from any work
> > done on the UI for one as it should cleanly translate to the other.
> That's
> > the whole idea behind doing a QML UI instead of a native UI for Android
> > (or IOS)
> And I would have started it but what you guys suggest here makes way more
> sense.
> >
> >> Now as I got all this useful replies I am glad I had asked and not
> started already.
> >
> > Asking on the mailing list is always a good idea. Really. We rarely bite.
> I hope :-)
> >
> >> Using the android ground and the glue layer, would that not conflict
> with GPL?
> >
> > Complicated question. And a question that doesn't have a universally
> > agreed upon answer.
> >
> > The quick summary is that I believe that you are not in violation because
> > you continue to make the sources available and since all the tools needed
> > for someone to make changes and build their own app will also be made
> > available.
> >
> > There are people who state with very strong arguments that the way apps
> > are distributed in the iTunes store is in violation of the GPL because
> the
> > store language says that people aren't allowed to modify the the app.
> >
> > I believe that the fact that we will not just publish the app in the
> store
> > but ALSO make it easy for people to modify and rebuild the app starting
> > from our source distribution solves that problem with the terms of the
> > store.
> >
> > And since at this point I believe I am the majority copyright holder and
> > since in previous conversations the other people with significant stake
> in
> > Subsurface (as GPL software) have all shown little or no concern about
> > this issue... I am quite comfortable that this is the direction we should
> > go in.
> >
> > Basically the only people who really could complain and say "Hey, this
> > violates the GPL" is us, the developers. :-)
> I dive into that.
> >
> > /D
>



-- 
Best regards,
Guido
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