[Interest] Protection against a VLC-like enforcement: a Qt developers could send an infringement complaint about software distributed through he Apple App Store, and Apple pulling the software?

[Mandeep Sandhu]

> That said I'm *not* one. But GnuGo & VLC are GPL, which is much more restrictive than LGPL, so it is easier to "impose further restrictions".

VLC's switching over to LGPL:

http://www.videolan.org/press/lgpl.html

HTH,
-mandeep


> The LGPL on the other hand *does* allow your application that solely *uses* the LGPL library to be distributed under different terms. For example your application's source code doesn't need to be provided. Your application also doesn't need to be freely distributable like a GPL application which, as far as I can see, was the main reason given why the GPL conflicts with Apple's terms.