Look up the VLC on iOS story. Apple approved it, then the developer of VLC (who gave permission to the iOS developers, Applidium i think) decided to come out of

Look up the VLC on iOS story. Apple approved it, then the developer of VLC (who gave permission to the iOS developers, Applidium i think) decided to come out of nowhere and challenge the app. They argued that GPL was incompatible with the app store rules and therefore apple should change their rules or get rid of GPL apps. I think it's the DRM they wrap around the binary that makes it incompatible. Apple said yawn and removed the app. Their reasoning was that the original copyright holder, the VLC head French guy, was disputting it. But, my guess is iff you submit GPL'ed code and no one complains, apple could care less (how would they even know?). And if you are the copyright holder, you can of course release it under GPL and submit it to apple. It's hard to say what the VLC guy's motivations were or if he cared that Applidium was screwed over.