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by Nullabillity 2419 days ago
GPLv3 has a Tivoization clause: the user must be able to replace the code with their own fork.
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If you own the rights to all the code, you can relicense at whim. GPLv3 for the desktop version. GPLv2 (or even proprietary) for the iOS version.
What’s keeping them? They can get their own account or they can even use the free accounts.