Please note a common point of confusion with the GPL license: one is allowed to 'sell' GPL software.

This seems like it may be worthwhile to support the mobile version in the future.įor my immediate decision (purchase or not), does any of the money for the mobile version make it back to the main project? It looks like they do have source code available, but I have not played with Xcode in a while. It seems to me that the Mobil version could become more popular than the desktop version, given the abilities of smart phones to determine where they are and which direction they are pointing. The later post by Timothy Reaves contradicts this, saying that no one can sell stellarium. I created a bug a while ago, but given the obsolete system I am using, I don't know if it is reasonable to fix.Īnyway, The mobile version seems to be 'official' given the first post in this thread. The regular app doesn't work very well on my old MacBook Pro limited to 10.7, so probably out-of-date graphics driver. I was looking at the stellarium mobile app for use on an iPad air it seems like it would look really nice. Unfortunately, Fabien hasn't been active in the desktop project for quite some time.Īgain, we do not provide support for these projects! If you have any feedback or requests, contact their maintainers! Stellarium Mobile (for Android, originally for Maemo/Nokia N900) is developed by Noctua Software, a small company held by the brother of Stellarium's original developer Fabien Chéreau.This is a short list of known Stellarium forks for mobile devices: In practice, the Therms of Service of specific software distribution systems can conflict with the GNU GPL.) Stellarium is free/open-source software licensed under the GNU General Public License, which means that everyone has the right to adapt the code to a particular platform, as long as the proper attribution is given and it is technically possible. Before asking questions and providing feedback, please have in mind that this is the Feedback Forum of the original, desktop version of Stellarium, and that we don't develop or provide support for the versions for mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, etc.)

How to use stellarium mobile 1.23