rdesktop and MochaSoft

[Hubert Figuiere]

On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 22:09 +0100, Peter Honeder wrote:
> My question now (refering to the *maybe* from above), which I am
> unable 
> to solve, is:
> does the GPL in the case of rdesktop forbid the development of 
> applications for the iPhone because a development agreement with
> Apple 
> has to be established before someone can on his own successfully
> build 
> and run source code on the device itself?

It does not forbid the development, but clearly if the platform
agreements does not allow you to redistribute code for said platform,
then you you'd be violating the GPL if you were distributing GPL based
software for said platform.

Brought differently, the NDA for the platform does not trump the GPL
requirements (nor does any other requirements whatever they are). If the
NDA prevents you from full-filling to the obligations of the GPL, then
don't distribute GPL licensed software.

Off course there is always the case we the orignal distributor of the
code is the sole copryight holder, but then all this discussion would be
moot.

IANAL.

Hub