WTF? Really?
Why bother, why not put ban on ALL systems, Windows and Mac OS X are to in conflict with GPL.
And in the end i must BUY app for playing any video on my iPad, or convert it. It is just stupidity.
VLC banned
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SaviorSelf
- New Cone
- Posts: 2
- Joined: 20 Feb 2011 13:12
- VLC version: 1.1.7
- Operating System: Mac OSX 10.6
- Location: Dublin Ireland
Re: VLC banned
Are you refering to the fact VLC was taken down from the Apple App Store? This was at VideoLans request. Not Apple.
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fkuehne
- Developer
- Posts: 7241
- Joined: 16 Mar 2004 19:37
- VLC version: 0.4.6 - present
- Operating System: Darwin
- Location: Germany
- Contact:
Re: VLC banned
We didn't ban VLC for iOS. This port was neither published by the VideoLAN project nor removed by it but Applidium / Apple respectively.
VideoLAN
Felix Paul Kühne
Medic. VLC developer for appleOS since before you were born.
Blog: https://www.feepk.net
Felix Paul Kühne
Medic. VLC developer for appleOS since before you were born.
Blog: https://www.feepk.net
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ajmas
- Big Cone-huna
- Posts: 935
- Joined: 04 Feb 2006 07:33
- VLC version: 3.0.x
- Operating System: MacOS X
- Location: Montreal, Canada
Re: VLC banned
If I remember the story rightly, someone mentioned the GPL was inconsistent with Apple's app store license and Apple decided it was probably easier to pull the application instead of investing legal time in the issue. As I said, that was the story I heard and so the reality is probably a little different.
Until someone does the legal due diligence, we may not see VLC back on the app store for a good while, if at all. Nobody wants to be in legal limbo. Maybe a GSoC project for law students?
Until someone does the legal due diligence, we may not see VLC back on the app store for a good while, if at all. Nobody wants to be in legal limbo. Maybe a GSoC project for law students?
Providing logs, messages, configuration info (VLC, OS, Hardware) and a clear explanation of the issue always helps the problem solvers help you, even if they don't end up solving the issue. Just think what you would need if you were solving someone else's problem. Additional: Always looking for eager and capable MacOS X developers to join the VLC team - for more information see here.
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