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VLC Developer Takes a Stand Against DRM Enforcement

Posted by samzenpus on from the fighting-the-good-fight dept.

jamie writes "The GPL gives Apple permission to distribute this software through the App Store. All they would have to do is follow the license's conditions to help keep the software free. Instead, Apple has decided that they prefer to impose Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) and proprietary legal terms on all programs in the App Store, and they'd rather kick out GPLed software than change their own rules."

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  1. Re:Apple is indeed shooting itself in the foot. by coolgeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    You think the lack of VLC and all the GPL software in the universe is going to keep Apple from overtaking Exxon and being the company with the largest market cap in the world?

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  2. Re:Looks by Gizzmonic · · Score: 4, Funny

    For now yes. The next MacOS release will require signed applications and guess what.... only Steve gets to sign.

    Yeah, Obama's secret Muslim death panel task force called the Trilateral Commission and told them to exclude all non-signed applications from Mac OS X 10.7. Also, Steve Jobs is a Reptar.

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  3. Re:VLC developer using this as soapbox!!! by germansausage · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Do or do not. There is no try."

    OMG Yoda was....a SITH!!

  4. Re:Looks by KH2002 · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I need to refer to the Urban Dictionary to interpret the fevered imagination of an Apple anti-fanboi, I know that the argument is getting heated up...