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Ask HN: Can my GPL webapp be a paid iPhone app?
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roschdal
16 years ago
I have created a webapp which I'm wondering if would be possible to turn into a paid app on the iPhone app store?

My web app is an open source multiplayer strategy game for the web. The app is released under the GNU General Public License.

I would like to turn this app into a web app for the iPhone, available here: http://www.apple.com/webapps/

However, the guidelines for the app store states the following:

- "You must either own all rights to your submission and the content displayed in or through the submission or have written authorization from the owner(s) thereof."

- "Your submission (and the content displayed in or through your submission) must not violate or infringe the intellectual property rights (including trademark rights) of others."

So do you think an open source civ-clone violates any of these terms?

My web app can be found on http://www.freeciv.net/

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