Thread: The future of your Nokia Windows phone
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2011-03-01 , 23:16
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#194
Originally Posted by rm42 View Post
Yup, but at least with Android we can have GPL programs. I thank MS for not allowing open source software in their devices. It makes explaining why to avoid them easier.
But you can have GPL programs on MS devices, just not GPLv3 and the like, if you understand the license itself it should be pretty obvious why that license is not compatible with the single app store and non-sideloading model. Apple has the same restrictions for the very same reason.