[escepticos] off-Topic: de nuevo con los eBooks

[Jose Luis]

Item mas o O como lo ve la otra parte:

"The primary problem is that Apple imposes numerous legal restrictions on use and distribution of GNU Go through the iTunes Store Terms of Service, which is forbidden by section 6 of GPLv2. So today we have written to Apple and asked them to come into compliance. We would be happy to see Apple distribute these programs under the GPL's terms, but unfortunately, it seems much more likely that they'll simply make the problem go away by removing GNU Go from the App Store."

http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance

El 09/11/10 18:36, Jose Luis escribió:
> El 09/11/10 18:15, Borja Marcos escribió:
>>
>> On 9 Nov 2010, at 18:09, Víctor R. Ruiz wrote:
>>
>>> Veamos. VLC tiene GPLv2, no GPLv3. Por tanto, el problema no es que
>>> Apple quiera quitar la aplicación porque reproduce contenidos sin DRM.
>>
>> Por tanto, si entiendo bien el artículo de Ars Technica, no es que
>> Apple quiera quitar la aplicación que en primer lugar autorizó, parece
>> ser, sin trabas (y es que NO he visto que en ningún caso excluyan nada
>> que no emplee DRMs).
>>
>> Por el contrario. Un colaborador de VLC pone un pleito por "violación
>> de licencia", "violación" que, además, parece no estar tan clara.
>>
>> Fantástico. Un caso de licenciología. Pero la conclusión es: Apple,
>> malvada, va a retirar VLC y le pone trabas. Cojonudo.
>>
>
> Depende como se mire, también puede ser "Apple, malvada" intenta imponer
> su licencia a la original:
>
> "One of the aforementioned programmers who contributed to the original
> VLC code is Rémi Denis-Courmont. He made a post on his personal
> blog-mirrored at Planet VideoLAN-claiming that the App Store rules do
> not jibe with GPLv2. Basically, Denis-Courmont believes that because VLC
> is open source and the App Store imposes its own licensing (and DRM)
> terms on top of it, they're fundamentally incompatible. Denis-Courmont
> filed a copyright complaint with Apple over the app, which was then
> passed onto Applidium."
>
> "Thus, users of iOS-based devices would be deprived of VLC media player,
> as a consequence of the intransigently tight control Apple maintains
> over its mobile applications platform," Denis-Courmont wrote. "[B]latant
> license violation cannot be tolerated at any rate. Concerned users are
> advised to look for application on more open mobile platforms for the
> time being."
>


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