According to a study from OpenLogic, a software services vendor, licensing for open source are used widely in app store apps for mobiles.
The study looked at more than 450 Google Android and Apple App Store apps and discovered that 88% of Android apps had a source component that was open source. The corresponding figure in Apple iOS apps was 41%. This information highlight’s the firm’s new service known as OLEX App Store ed. This is set up to assist App Store developers to maintain compliance regarding licensing requirements in open source.
Although the open source component in Android apps is relatively high, OpenLogic says it is important to take note of the fact that the same number of Apple iOS and Android apps were examined during the study.
Senior VP of marketing gat OpenLogic, Kim Weins said that the company looked at 364 apps for Apple iPhone/iPad. However, when it came to Android applications, only of them were examines. Both types of applications that were studies were free apps that iPhone developers and android developers could use. These are different from the commercial apps that are available on the app stores.
The software support firm found that the GPL-licensing existed in 8% of Apple applications, while three percent represent Android apps. The study examined GPL-based BSD, MIT, and Apache, said Weins, adding, MIT was use the most in iOS, and Apache was most common in Android.
Although the OpenLogic research examined open source use in mobile apps, what the study failed to do was to scan for open source licensing compliance. This has been a topic that has raised much controversy over the years. A product that assists in ensuring compliance for open source is OpenLogic’s OLEX App Store edition. This new solution aids a company to manage its open source policies and use, reports developer.com
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