[vlc-devel] close source plugin for vlc

[Felix Paul Kühne]

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Michael,

the common interpretation of the GPLv2 is, that VLC's modules/plugins  
need to be licensed in a GPL-compatible way in any case. However, you  
could publish your plugin under the LGPL (or BSD-like, etc.) and let  
itself make use of proprietary code. Embedded closed-source directly  
in VLC is not possible.

The other way around, thus using VLC inside proprietary apps (like the  
ActiveX plugin inside MSIE), is obviously possible.

Hope to have helped you a bit on this.

Note that I'm only speaking for myself and not on behalf of the team.  
I strongly recommend you to consult your lawyer, if you are unsure  
about this topic.

Best regards,
Felix


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Felix Paul Kühne
Co-Developer of VLC's Mac OS X port
http://www.videolan.org/vlc



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