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>Remember the old issue with VLC in the App Store? The issue with VLC in the App Store was that an older version of the App Store T&Cs had standard EULA langua
by kmeisthax 5y ago
>Remember the old issue with VLC in the App Store?
The issue with VLC in the App Store was that an older version of the App Store T&Cs had standard EULA language that said you weren't allowed to pirate the apps on the store; which contradicts every version of the GPL ever.
VLC worked around this by relicensing their iOS port to MPLv2, whose copyleft is apparently weak enough that the App Store EULA does not conflict with it. I'm not entirely sure why.
This, however, is a moot point. Apple fixed the problem by letting you just write custom EULA language specific to that app that says the GPL overrules the App Store EULA for that app. This is how iSH legally ships an entire x86 userland full of GPL software on the App Store, for example. Even things like the Installation Instructions requirement (either GPLv2 or v3's) is satisfied by the fact that Apple hands out free development accounts like candy and will likely continue to do so for as long as the App Store exists.
- josephcsible 5y ago> Even things like the Installation Instructions requirement (either GPLv2 or v3's) is satisfied by the fact that Apple hands out free development accounts like candy and will likely continue to do so for as long as the App Store exists. But doesn't that fail the Desert Island Test?