VLC 2.0 released [LWN.net]

VLC 2.0 released

Posted Feb 21, 2012 1:07 UTC (Tue) by jensend (guest, #1385)
In reply to: VLC 2.0 released by jmm82
Parent article: VLC 2.0 released

The Android Market's terms are compatible with the GPL, and VLC has been available there for quite a while. The "fiasco" was with Apple's iOS App Store, and Apple's terms are probably incompatible with the LGPL as well (though there's some legal questions here).

VLC's front end code is still under the GPL anyway. So this really is a moot (not mute) point.

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VLC 2.0 released

Posted Feb 21, 2012 3:00 UTC (Tue) by jmm82 (guest, #59425) [Link]

Thanks,

My bad, wrong app store, wrong moot/mute...

VLC on Android?

Posted Mar 1, 2012 8:30 UTC (Thu) by alex (subscriber, #1355) [Link]

Is it really? I searched for VLC and found a lot of things calling themselves VLC but I have no idea of their provenance. The official VLC webpage (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html) just tells me it's in development and offers no pointers to the development release.

VLC on Android?

Posted Mar 5, 2012 16:57 UTC (Mon) by jensend (guest, #1385) [Link]

You're right, and I hadn't looked closely enough. There are VLC-based apps available on Android Market (which helps address jmm82's question about license compatibility) but none of them are official; looks like the most functional ones are still somewhat buggy and are based on VLC 1.1.x.

The first unofficial public builds of the soon-to-be-official 2.0-based Android version were posted on the 3rd of March.

VLC on Android?

Posted Mar 6, 2012 8:12 UTC (Tue) by alex (subscriber, #1355) [Link]

Any pointers? The front page still points to a work in progress message.