VLC, one of the most popular media player applications of all-time, is finally available again in the Apple App Store.
VLC for iOS is now available across the world as long as you have iOS 5.1 or later. The app is supported across the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
The new app, version 2.0, is open-source just as its desktop counterpart is, and the code will be made available online, ... [ read the full article ]
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The VLC team brought it upon themselves. There are plenty of GPL-only apps in the App Store that do not get removed. Why? Because Apple does not really care that they are that way and those apps do not make unreasonable requests like 'please do not add useless DRM'. Sure the DRM is useless, but it's technically useless for any free app as well.
The VLC project was the only one anal enough to care that GPL and App Store are not exactly 100% compatible and so they asked Apple to change their policy. For something like the walled garden of iOS I don't see what the difference is between having the automatic DRM and not especially when not jailbroken. Asking Apple to make changes just for the few apps that happen to be open source under GPL is very unreasonable.
As if it matters to the consumer anyway. They just want the app. Back when it was removed from the App Store that was a major loss for both the consumer and the VLC team. But in my opinion it is still the VLC team's fault.
Originally posted by audvare: The VLC team brought it upon themselves. There are plenty of GPL-only apps in the App Store that do not get removed. Why? Because Apple does not really care that they are that way and those apps do not make unreasonable requests like 'please do not add useless DRM'. Sure the DRM is useless, but it's technically useless for any free app as well.
The VLC project was the only one anal enough to care that GPL and App Store are not exactly 100% compatible and so they asked Apple to change their policy. For something like the walled garden of iOS I don't see what the difference is between having the automatic DRM and not especially when not jailbroken. Asking Apple to make changes just for the few apps that happen to be open source under GPL is very unreasonable.
As if it matters to the consumer anyway. They just want the app. Back when it was removed from the App Store that was a major loss for both the consumer and the VLC team. But in my opinion it is still the VLC team's fault.
That's the most backwards logic I've hears this week, you are blaming the victim, for the actions of completely unreasonable, and consumer unfriendly practices by a very large and powerful company. People like you is the reason we can't move forward with beneficial technologies. But hey, enjoy your branding, cattle.
Originally posted by audvare: The VLC team brought it upon themselves. There are plenty of GPL-only apps in the App Store that do not get removed. Why? Because Apple does not really care that they are that way and those apps do not make unreasonable requests like 'please do not add useless DRM'. Sure the DRM is useless, but it's technically useless for any free app as well.
The VLC project was the only one anal enough to care that GPL and App Store are not exactly 100% compatible and so they asked Apple to change their policy. For something like the walled garden of iOS I don't see what the difference is between having the automatic DRM and not especially when not jailbroken. Asking Apple to make changes just for the few apps that happen to be open source under GPL is very unreasonable.
As if it matters to the consumer anyway. They just want the app. Back when it was removed from the App Store that was a major loss for both the consumer and the VLC team. But in my opinion it is still the VLC team's fault.
That's the most backwards logic I've hears this week, you are blaming the victim, for the actions of completely unreasonable, and consumer unfriendly practices by a very large and powerful company. People like you is the reason we can't move forward with beneficial technologies. But hey, enjoy your branding, cattle.
