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"VLC media player pulled from the App Store"

VLC media player was taken off the App Store as of the Jan. 8, 2011. This was due to an issue with the GNU license it was under. One of the main developers, Remi Denis-Courmount, sent a copyright infringement notice to Apple in October 2010. He said the company (Apple) was violating the GNU General Public License for VLC. Due to the fact the VLC is free software and Apple does not allow for free open distribution, they were technically violating the GNU license agreement. After two months, Apple responded to the infringement notice and took VLC off the App Store.



Humphries, Matthew. "VLC Media Player Pulled from the App Store – Apple / Mac Software Updates, News, Apps." //Geek.com//. 08 Jan. 2011. Web. 13 Jan. 2011. 