[vlc-devel] VLC on iphone

Pierre d'Herbemont pdherbemont at free.fr
Wed Jun 4 17:06:27 CEST 2008


On Jun 4, 2008, at 5:00 PM, Pierre d'Herbemont wrote:

>
> On Jun 4, 2008, at 2:47 PM, Remi Denis-Courmont wrote:
>
>>
>> On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:07:54 +0200, Pierre d'Herbemont <pdherbemont at free.fr
>>>
>> wrote:
>>> http://www.zodttd.com/
>>>
>>> Seems like someone ported VLC to the iPhone. Yet I didn't see the
>>> source code. (GPL infringement?)
>>
>> You mean copyright infringement or piracy, as in using the software
>> outside
>> the scope of the any valid licence(s).
>>
>> I don't think it is. Only those who get the binaries are entitled to
>> the
>> source code. It appears to be a restricted release, though I assume
>> _you_
>> don't have the binaries.
>
> Well, binary are freely downloadable so it means everyone can have  
> it...
>
> Yet, there shouldn't be any trouble to get the source code.

Ok, seems like I am wrong, you need to pay a fee to download the  
'beta' version.

Pierre.



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