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Of that I am not certain, but Apple has banned VLC and many other apps, and continues to ban any GPL code from the app store: https://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-a
by mehhh 7y ago
Of that I am not certain, but Apple has banned VLC and many other apps, and continues to ban any GPL code from the app store: https://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance https://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance
- irrational 7y agoI've used VLC on Apple products (phone, tablet, laptop) for years. I can't remember a time it wasn't available. Do you mean some VLC other than the video/media playing application?
- mehhh 7y agoVLC had to relicense to LGPL to make that happen: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player#History https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player#History
- rrix2 7y agoThey do that to "protect" their DRM and application support libraries from GPL virality which wouldn't be a problem with PWAs
- api 7y agoGPL virality does not apply backward from app to platform. There are loads of GPL apps on Windows and on Mac outside the app store.
- torpidor 7y agoVLC was removed because a VLC developer (copyrightholder) asked them to. Specifically, they alleged apple did not have the rights to distribute VLC unless they also allowed users to modify / recompile the software. There is a way for end users to modify their software now, but I don’t know if it would satisfy that developer. VLC relicensed to make clear they don’t require distributors to do this.
- teddyh 7y agoMore details from FSF the next day: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store...