Re: [xmlvm-users] Publishing XMLVM applications

[Hansi R. <su...@su...>]

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Tor Lillqvist <tm...@ik...> wrote:

> Wasn't the problem with VLC (the withdrawal of which from the App
> Store seems to have caused this discussion) that some of the copyright
> holders were opposed to it being offered on the App Store?
>
afaik that was a completely different issue,
some important parts of vlc are licensed under the gpl (e.g. the h264
decoder).
the problem was that the appstore imposes restrictions stronger than the
gpl allows, thus apple decided to pull the app.



anyways, here's a good read:
http://huyzing.com/2009/08/24/compatibility-between-the-iphone-app-store-and-the-lgpl/




best, hansi.