Prey Project for iOS source code released.

VLC was pulled because one of the copyright holders complained about the additional restrictions the App Store license adds to the code.

In this case, assuming all the copyright holders agree, they own it and can do whatever they want with the code. It effectively is code with a double license: GPL and the App Store's EULA. In VLC's case, the author didn't want his code distributed under the other license.

If the Prey Project owns the copyright for their code they can have the code released as GPL on github and an "All Rights Reserved" compiled binary in the iOS app store.

I doubt this is what they do and accepting outside contributions would be problematic, but if they retain they copyright they can do whatever they want.

Also, the GPL doesn't say you have to allow redistribution of the compiled application, just the code IIRC.

>Also, the GPL doesn't say you have to allow redistribution of the compiled application, just the code IIRC.

Incorrect:

3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:

a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,

b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,

c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)

I thought OSX firmware password could be bypassed by resetting PRAM. If true then does this invalidate their argument in FAQ about the thief reformatting the HD?