Re: [xmlvm-users] Publishing XMLVM applications

[Sascha H. <sa...@xm...>]

Hansi,

while the dispute on VLC was indeed about the GPL, it wasn't Apple who
decided to pull the app, but as Tor mentioned, one of the Copyright holders
of the VLC project. As far as I know, this person decided to file a
complaint to Apple that the app could not be distributed in the AppStore due
to GPL restrictions. Apple responded to this complaint by pulling the app.

The message that we, the XMLVM team, want to give to you is that we would
never do such a thing, if it would be possible, which it isn't.The LPGL
should, with small modifications, be in accordance with AppStore rules.

So the bottom line is that XMLVM developers should not worry that their apps
might get pulled because of licensing issues.

// Sascha


On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Hansi Raber <su...@su...> wrote:

>
> 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.
>
>
>
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