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Re:Is there more to VLC's removal from the App Store? on Saturday January 08, 2011 @03:31PM (#2083882)
If there is a problem with the license, pretending otherwise doesn't seem very sustainable to me. Shooting the messenger might make the mob feel better, but that doesn't make it justified.
Re:Is there more to VLC's removal from the App Store? on Saturday January 08, 2011 @01:50PM (#2083650)
That article, and most of its reader comments, mildly sickens me. I love Apple, but that doesn't mean I have to approve of DRM. It's crazy to see everyone piling on Rémi when Apple made the decision to use DRM and thereby exclude a whole category of OSS projects. A license is a license, and if DRM is prohibited, there's not much wiggle room. I feel sorry for Rémi, as he'll probably now be subjected to dozens of misguided angry emails.
if someone gives you a better offer, can i have your defense job? sounds pretty cushy to me