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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

That’s because VLC took external contributions, and therefore couldn’t relicence the software by themselves.

"As I understand Apple’s terms, GPL code isn’t actually prohibited"

No relicensing would have been required if your understanding was correct. That said, I have a slight headache and that's why I'm not looking it up myself.