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abrahamsen on Jan 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: VLC for iOS Pulled from the App Store

"Someone" needs to be the legal owner of the GPL'ed code in question for the takedown notice to have any legal meaning.

jonhendry on Jan 8, 2011 [–]

But that could be a tiny portion of the code overall.

One developer with a grudge can cause a problem, even if that developer has a tenuous connection to the project.

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