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Originally Posted by slayda
Speaking of the FBReader SW and the iPad, would anyone know if the developers of FBReader are planning to port it to the iPad. I really love many of its features that just are not available on other readers.
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Probably won't happen as FBReader is licensed under GPL.
The app store licensing terms are not compatible with GPL software. A few GPL projects have made brief appearances, as Apple does not seem vet the licensing as part of the evaluation process, but they disappear as soon as someone points out the GPL violation. Probably the most notable example would be VLC which was pulled this last January. ZDNet Has a nice summary:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-sourc...app-store/8046
For a developer, there is little point to going through the time and trouble to port and optimize an app only to have it pulled just that quick.
The Bandit