<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear developer of<span class=""> VLC</span></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">For an assignment for my computing course to research on an
open source project, and communicate with a developer who currently maintains
the project and to research the software and its development as open source
software.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">As </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">VLC has</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> been my go to software for watching anmie for
the past years so would make it a good candidate for my research in open source
software.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">How
did you become involved in the development of </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">VLC</span><span style="color:black">?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><br></span></p>

<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Why was </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">VLC</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> developed as an open source project?</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">How
has open source benefited the development of </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">VLC</span><span style="color:black">?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p>

<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">What problems have persisted with </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">VLC</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> development?</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Apart
from donations from the public how is the development of  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">VLC</span> <span style="color:black">funded?</span></p>

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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Thanks for your time, Yours sinisterly Alex Bennett of the
university of Bolton UK</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></div>