Maybe 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 con

Maybe 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