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VLC was pulled from the AppStore due to incompatibilities between GPL and the AppStore distribution method (DRM).
by aroch 13y ago
VLC was pulled from the AppStore due to incompatibilities between GPL and the AppStore distribution method (DRM).
- knocte 13y agoAnd this is relevant to the story because...?
- 0x0 13y agoI thought it was pulled because one VLC contributor, holding authorship and copyright on parts of the code (and also happened to be a Nokia employee, hmmm...), had an axe to grind and demanded the takedown? Also, if you own the full copyright on a given app, there shouldn't be anything stopping you from releasing it as gpl on github while also licensing it for free download on the appstore - you get to pick the terms of redistribution as you like for each individual distribution point.
- tzs 13y agoIt had nothing to do with DRM. The incompatibility was due to the App Store's terms of service, which require the user to agree to certain conditions in order to be allowed to use the store such as agreeing not to reverse engineer apps your download. This conflicts with section 6 of GPLv2 and section 10 of GPLv3.