Re: GPL vs. LGPL

[David Kastrup]

Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> writes:

> Actually there is —at least one— GPL-licensed software on the App
> Store, and a popular one: VLC Media Player.
>
> There is currently a dispute, one of the primary developers of VLC is
> claiming that "Apple AppStore is infringing VLC media player license".
> VideoLAN association president Jean-Baptiste Kempf has a different
> analysis (and is supporting VLC remaining on Apple's App Store).
>
> To summarize and as he said: « the whole thing is "kind of grey area"
> ».

Something does not become a "kind of grey area" by somebody wanting it
to be a kind of grey area.  Not even if that "somebody" is one with the
power to press charges.  Copyright changes ownership (or has joint
ownership) all the time, and the next person might feel different about
enforcing licenses.

And there is nothing fuzzy about the licensing terms of both licenses
and their incompatibility.

-- 
David Kastrup