This is why I am always leary of people who want to change the world. The devil is always in the details.
Bob S On May 5, 2016, at 21:33 , Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com<mailto:lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Monte Goulding <mo...@appisle.net<mailto:mo...@appisle.net>> wrote: We worked hard with all major copyright holders to not repeat history and we are confident to have achieved this goal. My understanding of the situation is that many contributors to VLC were opposed to the stance of a few zealots at FOSS and were of a similar opinion to Linus Torvalds: www.cnet.com/news/torvalds-lambasts<http://www.cnet.com/news/torvalds-lambasts> -free-software-foundation/?_escaped_fragment_=#! These people appreciated that Apple's code neither added to or detracted from VLC and was simply a distribution system - (not unlike a newsagency or bookshop). Links to the developers website on the App Store ensured anyone and everyone could have unlimited access to the source code of VLC. The zealots took Apple to court, although some VLC contributors argued in support of Apple. Apple lost, so took the easiest path and simply removed all GPL software from the App Store - the only people hurt that day were GPL contributors. So in a classic paradox, to fulfil their desire to distribute VLC free and open to the World, a band of contributors freed themselves of the restrictions placed on them by the FOSS zealots, by rewriting VLC under a less restrictive open software license, returned it to the Apple Store who were more than willing to distribute their work as far and as wide as they could. Pick your license carefully - you should ALWAYS read the fine print. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
