VLC Submits iPad App to App Store

Re:VLC Submits iPad App to App Store by Dylan16807 on Thursday September 09, 2010 @11:34AM (#1675702)

I suppose, but with GPLv2 there's nothing more than a technicality in the way, is there? As far as I understand it, the app store agreement prevents you from taking that particular copy of the app and doing free things with it, but nothing truly restrictive. You can still get a copy of the source from the app-maker, and exercise all your normal free software rights.

Then again, saying that makes me feel like I'm missing something. Am I?

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Re:VLC Submits iPad App to App Store by sjs on Thursday September 09, 2010 @08:08PM (#1677417)

Apple would be in violation of the GPL for distributing the app with those restrictions tacked on. If I were them I wouldn't distribute GPL apps either.

They would basically have to special case apps licensed w/ the GPL. Sadly I doubt it's worth the legal and/or operations costs involved.

I'm not a license snob, whatever works for a project is great (GPL has been great for Linux). However this is a prime example of why MIT and BSD licenses are more free than the GPL.

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