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by gojomo 2277 days ago
You could likely ask Apple to take down Saudi Arabia's version as a violation of your copyrights, and a violation of the license under which you offered your creation.

It's the FSF's position that Apple App Store distribution necessarily includes extra restrictions that violate the GPL:

https://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance

So, while your "no commercial use" addition itself contradicted the GPL, the GPL itself, if relied upon as the governing license, may give you enough ammo to lodge a complaint.

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If this app is providing value to the Saudi people it would be unethical to take it down. We’re talking about lives vs an authors pride.
There are many other sources for the same info, to satisfy curiosity & impress upon Saudis the urgency of the situation.

Poking the KSA government's public health bureaucracy to better cooperate with others, & honestly acknowledge the work of outsiders rather than stealing it to create a false sense of their own internal competence, might best serve the health of the Saudi people in the long run.

We are also talking about freedom and privacy for the population Saudi people, which extends to lives being potentially harmed - homosexuality is still illegal in Saudi Arabia after all.