is country limitation VLC's fault or Google Play's?

[cellocgw]

I can't D/L VLC from GooglePlay because it tells me the app is not allowed in my country. I'm guessing this is because I have a Chinese (Onda vi40) tablet, even though I'm sitting in the good old USA, as is my Google account. Does anyone know whether this is a bug at VLC's end or at Google's place? Identifying a device's location (country) by the manufacturer and/or the version of Android installed is clearly incorrect.

thanks for any help.

Carl

[etix]

It's based on the device location.
VLC for Android is currently not distributed in the US for various reasons. Probably later this year though…

[arromdee]

If it's not there because of US patent problems, I think we've got a while to wait....