wow. score 5 insightful for a question with an obvious answer? i read. i read a lot. i can read a typical sf/f book in a few hours. i read series. i like to go back and correlate facts and passages across books in a series. i like to re-read favorites. with my [specific e-reader no specified], i can carry a nice chunk of my library ANYWHERE. especially on a trip where i don't want to carry ten or more paperbacks.

No, wrong, it's a horrible fight. And it's not depriving you of anything. VLC should have never been ported and submitted to the App store knowing Apple's license and policy.

Getting bent out of shape over a closed system ignoring the GPL license of a voluntarily-submitted GPL application is stupid. Apple didn't ask for VLC. VLC was submitting to Apple within Apple's framework of licenses and restrictions.

I am not an Apple apologist/fanboy. I'm pointing out what should be obvious.

Don't like Apple's policies? Don't buy Apple products. Or start a movement of owners of Apple products en mass to request that Apple support GPL licenses. Or jailbreak your idevice and port the app yourself. Again, Apple didn't ASK for VLC.

As for me, this is a prime example why I tend to side with the ISC/Berkeley crowd.

Go ahead. Flame away.