The Free Software Foundation is up in arms over Apple's iTunes Store Terms of Service, suggesting that these terms fundamentally conflict with the terms of the GNU Public License. The foundation has warned Apple that a version of GNU Go distributed by the App Store makes Apple liable to comply with GPL terms that allow free sharing of code, but warned that its 'Usage Rules' violate those terms. The fallout could potentially affect any app that uses GPLed code.
The issue came to the forefront when the FSF discovered that the developers of the iPhone version of GNU Go weren't in full compliance with the requirements of GPLv2. Those terms require that any software created as a derivative of code under the GPL also be licensed under the GPL. Furthermore, the GPL states that such software can be freely copied, shared, and modified by the user.
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