GPLv2 blocks VLC from Apple's App Store

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Nov 3, 2010 6:13 PM EDT
ComputerWorld; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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It had to happen eventually. Open source software is all about letting anyone have access to the source code, and Apple is all about restricting any software access on its platforms. So when questions began to be raised about whether VideoLAN's popular VLC Media Player, which is licensed under the GPLv2, could legally be sold on the Apple's App Store, you knew something had to give. Well, it just did. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has just told the VLC developer community that the GPLv2 does, indeed, conflict with Apple's App Store Terms.

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