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He's "taking a stand against Apple", but ISTM the real offender here is about the company that built an app with his code and submitted it to the store in breac
by allertonm 16y ago
He's "taking a stand against Apple", but ISTM the real offender here is about the company that built an app with his code and submitted it to the store in breach of his license.
- bryanlarsen 16y agoThe point is that the developer wants developers to build apps with his code and distribute it. So he's complaining about the entity responsible for limiting distribution. He has no problem with the company that built the app. Of course reading motives into people's heads is prone to error, but it's implied by his choice of the GPL...
- danieldk 16y agoMaybe he has no problem with the company that built the application, but the company submitted the application to the App Store knowing that the App Store's conditions would violate the GPL. You cannot force GPL down Apple's throat. It is their application store. If their terms are not compatible with your license, change your license or live with it. By picking the GPL you are excluding some distribution venues. In the meanwhile, the VideoLAN project is still endorsing the iOS application on their website. So, they are sending copyright infringement notices, while at the same time encouraging people to buy it? http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html
- bryanlarsen 16y agoor live with it. Which is exactly what he's doing. He could have let the original infringement slip quietly by, but instead he's using it to make a political point. Everybody loses short term, but he's hoping for long term gains.