[MrMC]

I understand GPLv2+ very well, lived and breathed in it since 2008. I'm a big GPLv2+ fan, it works. GPLv3 is just plain insane in this day and age. GPLv3 is the kiss of death for any software base that adopts it. All GPLv3+ based code has been purged from the MrMC fork, gone, never to return.

XCode 7 also changes the landscape regarding GPLv2+, anyone can take the codebase of MrMC, make changes, compile and install on their Apple devices with zero restrictions. And that includes the new AppleTV. This is the intent of GPL and follows the spirit of what GPL licensing is all about. Open source code for others to build on and use.

We understand the previous VLC situation very well. We don't think MrMC will have the same problem. We have done our research and investigation into this subject and have concluded that GPLv2+ is not an issue. I'm not going to argue the whys and wherefores here. This is all I'm going to say on this subject as it tends to get volatile quickly and frankly our opinions don't really matter as it boils down to lawyers and the judge/ jury in the final decision.

The 80 percent user base out there just wants to install something and go with little or no hassles and that's what MrMC aims to provide. The codebase will be public for those that want to diddle with the internals or enable features that cannot be present in the Apple App Store. Or even fork it, we do insist that you rebrand if you intend to distribute it.