I recently made an iOS app that I’d like to distribute the source code for. I was initially going to license it with the GPL, but I read that apparently Apple’s App Store isn’t compatible with the terms of the GPL. Is there something that’s typically recommended by the FOSS community for this situation (other than just not distributing an iOS app)?

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[–] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

If you want to release your app under the gpl and are not sure whether you are allowed to on the apple app store you can always dual license your app, for example proprietary and gpl. That way you can have it on the app store without legal problems and it can still be F(L)OSS.

However, I have never heard of any legal trouble for releasing gpl apps, so I dont think anybody cares that its technically questionable. Thats an open legal question that no court has answered and I dont think they ever will.