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OS X El Capitan License: in Plain English

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Re: OS X El Capitan License: in Plain English

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Post by Kequc »

tymekpavel wrote: post #3
archmikhail wrote: post #2

Wow, that was really not as bad as I thought.

"I cannot, don’t even think about it, just plain can’t, make money from MPEG/H.264/AVC videos I create. For that, I need to buy another something from somebody." This was pretty surprising to me. Why does Apple not allow making money from MPEG videos that you create? Does this include uploading them to YouTube?

This is why we aren't seeing things like Opus codec support in Safari. Apple is engaging in a codec war. I really hope it makes them a lot of money because for me as a developer doing web audio it's like the difference between FireFox circa 2005 and IE.

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Post by mayneack »

liquidise wrote: post #7

This was both insightful and highlights, i would argue, an unmet need. I would love simple write ups like this for specific software licenses. In theory, tldrlegal.com is positioned to take this on, but in my experience they tend to deal with more pervasive licenses like MIT, GNU, etc.

https://tosdr.org/

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Post by [deleted] »

tymekpavel wrote: post #3
archmikhail wrote: post #2

Wow, that was really not as bad as I thought.

"I cannot, don’t even think about it, just plain can’t, make money from MPEG/H.264/AVC videos I create. For that, I need to buy another something from somebody." This was pretty surprising to me. Why does Apple not allow making money from MPEG videos that you create? Does this include uploading them to YouTube?

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Re: OS X El Capitan License: in Plain English

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Post by johansch »

dogweather wrote: post #16
stanley wrote: post #14

Can anyone explain the Sudan thing?

The prohibition is against sending it to any “embargoed country”. Sudan is on the list: http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/embargoed_countries/

Specifically against exporting "dual-use" technology (suitable for both military and civilian use), in this case likely strong cryptography.

Of course it's completely pointless since they would just pirate the software anyway.

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Post by tomsmeding »

dogweather wrote: post #16
stanley wrote: post #14

Can anyone explain the Sudan thing?

The prohibition is against sending it to any “embargoed country”. Sudan is on the list: http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/embargoed_countries/

Funny, China seems to be on the list too... Or am I interpreting that list incorrectly?

Re: OS X El Capitan License: in Plain English

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Post by dogweather »

mayneack wrote: post #13
liquidise wrote: post #7

This was both insightful and highlights, i would argue, an unmet need. I would love simple write ups like this for specific software licenses. In theory, tldrlegal.com is positioned to take this on, but in my experience they tend to deal with more pervasive licenses like MIT, GNU, etc.

https://tosdr.org/

Yes! That's a great site. Thanks for reminding me.
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