[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Greetings from Ireland
- From: "Michael Whapples" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "mwhapples@xxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:11:53 +0000
Hello,
Firstly welcome to liblouis, I hope you find it does what you need.
I possibly should note that your suggestion of including liblouis in an
iPhone app may potentially have issues due to the LGPL license which
liblouis uses. It has been said that the LGPL is incompatible with the
appstore terms and conditions. I believe the issue relates to
distribution as the appstore restricts the user's abiliity to
redistribute the binaries. Personally I think its a load of nonsense
being blown out of proportion, particularly if the app developer takes
steps to make binaries and source available through other routes and
clearly provides details in the app. However whether it is legal or not
is something loyers will decide.
Android is a different case as there are different distribution options
available. Whether any single distribution route would be compatible
with the LGPL is something I am not familiar with, but there are
suitable options out there (IE. there is the most basic option of
installing an APK from a website link).
One example i can think of for an app using liblouis on Android is
BrailleBack from google. However I think that BrailleBack applies
patches to liblouis, whether a vanilla liblouis source could be included
in an app on android is something I have not tried.
Michael Whapples
On 29/10/2014 11:57, Cearbhall O'Meadhra wrote:
Hi,
My name is Cearbhall and I am a blind programmer and a keen braillist. I am
delighted to find Libluis and I would like to know all about it and how to
incorporate it into an app for the iPhone and Android mobile devices.
I will sit quiet for a while and follow the threads on this list before I
try out any ideas.
I look forward to hearing what you have to say about Libluis.
All the best,
Cearbhall
M: 0833323487 T: (01) 2864623 em: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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