This app on Apple's app store is using NewPipe's name and logo but doesn't seem to have any other connections with the real NewPipe.
Is this a real NewPipe client for iOS or not? If not, are they allowed to do that?
this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2023
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It is not possible to release gpl software on the iOS App Store due to the extra licensing restrictions of apple.
That said, if you hold all the rights to the software, you can release your gpl software under a different license that is compatible with the App Store.
But it is currently violating the gpl if you take gpl software that you don’t have the ability to relicense and put it on the App Store.
I suppose the MPL is permissive enough to allow this, which makes Firefox for iOS a possibility.
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios
I wasnt aware of that, thank you for the education!