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The official names of  [[VLS]] are '''VLS''' and '''VideoLAN Server'''.
 
The official names of  [[VLS]] are '''VLS''' and '''VideoLAN Server'''.
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[[Category:About VideoLAN]]
 
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Revision as of 21:14, 29 May 2007

Code Copyright

Most of the copyright of the projects and software belongs to Videolan's team and to the authors.

Some files are naming some other copyrights and authors. If you need, check them all in the latest SVN.

License

VideoLAN produces free software projects under the GNU General Public License. The License is under the COPYING file of the SVN and all the tarballs.

Usage

You can use any GPL software without any restriction.

However, most MPEG codec are patented in some country and require payment of royalites for any use. It's the responsability of the user to do so if based in such country.

Redistribution / Copying

You can redistribute, copy and modify any GPL software, including VideoLAN's, but you have to conform to the LICENSE, which is mainly that you have to provide the source code and use a LICENSE compatible with the GPL. If you don't understand, please check this article about GPL on Wikipedia.

FAQ

Names / Trademark

The official name of the project is VideoLAN.

The official name of VLC is VLC media player. It used to be called VideoLAN Client, but this is not true anymore.

VLC is the familiar name of VLC media player.

The soppera-cone is the official icon of the program. cone-soppera10-moyen.png

The official names of VLS are VLS and VideoLAN Server.