Richard > On 18 Aug 2015, at 12:51, Richard Gaskin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Peter W A Wood wrote: > > > I interpreted this clause from the latest Windows Store App Developer > > Agreement, to mean that GPL software cannot be sold via the App Store: > > > > d. FOSS Software. If your App includes FOSS, (i) you are > > responsible for compliance with all applicable FOSS license terms, > > including any source code availability requirements, and (ii) it must > > not cause any non-FOSS Microsoft software to become subject to the > > terms of any FOSS license. > > I could well be wrong though. > > Seems very accepting of FOSS. I can't imagine anyone would try to distribute > something that places restrictions on the OS vendor. > > I haven't spent much time looking, but I haven't heard any objections from > the Free Software Foundation, and they're usually quite vocal about such > things.
I believe that the statement “ it must not cause any non-FOSS Microsoft software to become subject to the terms of any FOSS license.” would specifically exclude the use of GPL licensed software - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/08/open_source_windows_8_windows_store/ Regards Peter _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
