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VLC Player App May Violate GPL

A VLC developer has filed a copyright complaint against Apple for the way in which the free VLC player app is being distributed in the iOS App Store. Macworld explains that the DRM that prevents unrestricted redistribution of apps obtained from the App Store that include GPL-licensed code is a violation of that license’s terms. Rémi Denis-Courmont did not develop the VLC app, nor did he ask Apple to remove the program. However, the likely action is that the software will be pulled by Apple.

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