We were pretty excited when VLC, our favourite multi-format video player, dropped for iOS, but it looks like the sun has already set on that glorious endeavor. Just as we’d heard it might, VLC has been removed from the App Store—though not at Apple’s request. Rémi Denis-Courmont, a lead contributor to the project, decided that the the DRM in the App Store violated the GNU public licence, requesting that Apple remove it. We’re not sure we buy this interpretation of the GPL, and it doesn’t quite make sense that it takes what was a completely free and easily available app away from millions of users. Worse, it doesn’t set the best precedent for other open source projects, especially with the Mac App Store having similar DRM features. We hope you all grabbed your copy while you had a chance. [via TUAW]
Apple Pulls VLC From The iOS App Store
