The GPL, the App Store, and You
engadget.com> So the practical outcome is that the App Store and the GPL are incompatible until proven otherwise, and it's probably never going to be proven otherwise. Apple certainly thinks so, or it wouldn't have removed VLC (and other Open Source apps like GNU Go) from the App Store.
It's going to be really interesting to watch Blender target iPads, between their GPL license (complicated), addons (banned) and being able to program throughout it with Python (banned) it may be in for a very bumpy ride.
Isn't VLC in the App Store? I use it all the time..
Oh on iOS it is. This must be macOS.
(2011)
Ack, thank you, I really should have, and normally do, append the year.
Who is Dr Richard Gaywood?