VLC For iOS Returns On July 19, Rewritten and Fully Open-Sourced

An anonymous reader writes "VideoLAN revealed some very exciting news today: VLC for iOS will be back in Apple's App Store by tomorrow (July 19). The company tells TNW the app will be available for free worldwide, requires iOS 5.1 or later, as well supports the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. As you can expect, VLC for iOS version 2.0 will be open-source. This time, however, its code will be available online (also by tomorrow), bi-licensed under both the Mozilla Public License Version 2 as well as the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later."

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[jedidiah]

> It's not Apple doing the abusing. It's the GPL that is incompatible with the App Store.

The GPL predates the App Store by about 20 years. If Apple decided to create terms for it's store that are incompatible with a 20 year old license then that is on Apple.

It's their decision to be jackasses.

The rest of us should not bow and scrape and grovel just because Apple has decided it can abuse the rest of us at will.