Yes , the devil is in the detail... 'leery', is the word you were looking for ?... :-)
> From: bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Subject: Re: VLC and GPL and LC on iOS (was: Re: MergEXT now included with > Indy/Business IDE) > Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 14:56:54 +0000 > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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