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Re:The GPL, the App Store, and You by bugsy on Monday January 10, 2011 @12:31PM (#2089073)
I have to call out the whole referenced article as BS. The situation is that Rene filed the complaint, and after Apple complied with Rene's request, Rene then blogged that Apple was being mean by removing the app, as he had requested.

Sorry but there is no honest interpretation here in which Apple is the bad guy and long winded articles claiming so because they only tell half the story are dishonest.

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Re:The GPL, the App Store, and You by jedsmith on Monday January 10, 2011 @01:16PM (#2089218)
It's a lot easier to blame Apple, and people love doing it.

In the other thread I was absolutely appalled that the leader of the project was shifting all of the blame to Apple, and standing by his choice to do so. Just look at all of the comments on Hacker News (one in this thread) reviling Apple for their supposed "anti-GPL stance".

Clearly, the VideoLAN people got what they wanted: the app removed, and pie in the face for Apple with respect to the GPL. Two wins for the price of one?

Link: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2083254

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